SOLDIER WHY song lyrics by Joel Sattler

[a new version of  “The War is Never Over”]

Across the ice

a horse was riding

On a lake

a mile across

The gods of war

were playing dice

With every toss

a life was lost

The flames were high,

the night was black

The cold so cold

your breath could crack

A thousand eyes

were like the stars

A line of trees

like prison bars.

Soldier why?

Why is the war never over?

When are we going home? Will we ever get back home?

I don’t know, I swear to God I don’t know.

Across the ice

a horse was riding

The fight would start

before the dawn

We did it once,

we’ll do it twice

How long, how long

can this go on?

The reds were in

the whites were out

The commies digging

in for keeps

We had to learn

to live without

Cause what you sow

the Reaper reaps

Soldier why?

Why do the shadows keep on moving

Why did the invaders have to come?

When do we learn which side we are on?

No matter what,

the wheels keep turning

No matter what,

the flames still keep burning

No matter what,

we desire

All our hope

ends in the fire

A horse was riding

across the ice
A finger was

yea or nay
A gun was raised,

the aim precise
tomorrow could

go either way

Soldier why?

Why is the war never over?

When are we going home?

I don’t know,  I don’t know.

Soldier why?

Why believe all the lies they try to tell you?

Why believe in the Hell they try to sell you?

Why believe in a war that’s never ending?

Soldier why?

Why do the shadows keep on moving

Why did the invaders have to come?

When do we learn which side we are on?

Soldier why?

Why is the war never over?

When are we going home?

I don’t know,  I don’t know.

Why do we have to die?

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