Tell me

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Tell me, why you went to war
a sailor in the core, sinking german subs
Tell me, how'd you get your mom
to sign away her son, you're only seventeen
Tell me, was that your plan
how's if feel to kill a man in the open sea
Tell me, in the wreckage and the oil
you thought you saw the soil of your prairie home
Tell me, Tell me, Tell me

Red alert
Battle stations boys
I don't know what i heard
It sounded like a submarine
Guard the convoy make em see
That we are men and we are mean
Cause we've got family to feed back home
Torpedo's in the water
Fighters in the sky

Tell me, why you went to war
A soldier in a hole sleeping in the cold
Tell me, you've grown into a man
with a rifle in your hand, i read you're letters home
Tell me, when the shelling starts
Your scared in your heart but you know it's right
Tell me, a letter for your girl
In your breast pocket, she'll get it when you die
Tell me, Tell me, Tell me

You're already dead
It's easier living when you haven't got a chance
Bullets flying through the trees
towns are burning, on your knees
We are men and we are mean
Cause we've got family to feed back home
Torpedo's in the water
Fighters in the sky

V: G , C D G
C: Am G Em D G D C C D G

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from StitchRipper, released May 10, 2013

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