Another Age

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There's a man walking round the 
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island with a snake cane
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He picked it up in Thailand from a 
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hurricane
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And you know he's not gonna go there
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He's been one time too long
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Now all the gods are gone

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The younger boys are drowning in a 
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shallow sea
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The night belongs to snipers in 
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palm trees
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And their sabres flashed like 
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lightning
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In the charge of the last brigade
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They must have been afraid

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Soldiers have their sorrow
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The wretched have their rage
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Pray for the aged it's the dawn of 
another age
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Of another age
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Of another age
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Of another age

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The blood running down the 
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blackboard on a blank screen
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The convicts shake their cages of 
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a bad dream
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And they'll coach you in the 
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classroom
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That it cannot happen here
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But it has happened here

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I remember nothing that I 
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memorized
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I got my education from a black 
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eye
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And they'll teach you law and order
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If you dare to raise your hand
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Spare the glove and spoil the man
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Soldiers have their sorrow
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The wretched have their rage
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Pray for the aged it's the dawn of 
another age
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Of another age
           C
Of another age
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Of another age
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Thomas Paine and Jesse James are 
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old friends
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And Robin Hood is riding on the 
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road again
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We were born in a revolution
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And we died in a wasted war
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It's gone that way before

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The dogs are chasing chicken bones
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 across the lawn
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If that was an election, I'm a 
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Viet Cong
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So I pledge allegiance against the 
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flag
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and the flaw for which it stands
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I'll raise it if I can
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Soldiers have their sorrow
    F
The wretched have their rage
Dm                         G
Pray for the aged it's the dawn of 
another age
           Am
Of another age
           C
Of another age
           Am
Of another age