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Thread #105520   Message #2172549
Posted By: Peace
16-Oct-07 - 04:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Protest Songs of the Sixties
Subject: Lyr Add: LET'S LAY DOWN OUR DRUMS
The following song was written in 1967. It will most probably (95% probability) be released by another singer in the next few months. Funny that a song 40 years old may still apply to some situations.

"Let's Lay Down Our Drums"

The truth's gotten lost it's been
Strangled and tossed by the
noise and
Confusion of battle that's
Left it so rattled it's
Poison
The future must think that barbarians come
Let's lay down our drums

Soldiers mark time to the
Criminal mind when they
Pass by
Our governors smile 'cause
The Nuremberg Trials never
Ask why
Our homicide police can't convict anyone
Let's lay down our drums

BRIDGE
It's useless political talk
That's kept everybody strung
It's evident both sides should stop
They already deserve to be hung
Let's lay down our drums

Fools get upset without
Thought they forget about
Reason
So the human who marches is
Slandered by charges of
Treason
You know songs of this kind should not need to be sung
Let's lay down our drums
Let's lay down our drums