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Thread #17791   Message #2813410
Posted By: Joe Offer
16-Jan-10 - 02:57 AM
Thread Name: Songs About Vietnam War Part II
Subject: ADDPOP: Requiem for the Masses (The Association)
Yeah, "Requiem for the Masses" was a good song. this link (click) may play it for you, if I did it right.
-Joe-

Requiem For The Masses
(Terry Kirkman)

Requiem aeternam, requiem aeternam
Mama, mama, forget your pies
Have faith they won't get cold
And turn your eyes to the bloodshot sky

Your flag is flying full
At half mast, for the matadors
Who turned their backs to please the crowd
And all fell before the bull

Red was the color of his blood flowing thin
Pallid white was the color of his lifeless skin
Blue was the color of the morning sky
He saw looking up from the ground where he died
It was the last thing ever seen by him
Kyrie Eleison
Mama, mama, forget your pies
Have faith they won't get cold
And turn your eyes to the bloodshot sky

Your flag is flying full
At half mast, for the matadors
Who turned their backs to please the crowd
And fell before the bull

Black and white were the figures that recorded him
Black and white was the newsprint he was mentioned in
Black and white was the question that so bothered him
He never asked, he was taught not to ask
BUt was on his lips as they buried him

Rex tremendae majestatis
Requiem aeternam, Requiem aeternam

Source:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1330468