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Something For Nothing

(Howard Aronson)

A ballad about War. How our troops are sent to fight wars that have no reason or meaning to the US. We lose our men to a cause that meant nothing....

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I fought for my country
And gave it my life
And back home
I left 3 kids and a wife 

I fought for my freedom
Or so I thought
It's what my father did
It's what I was taught 

It was all for something
It was all for nothing
It was all for something
Something for nothing 

I was only eighteen
When I joined the Marines
Little did I know
I would be giving up 
My dreams 

It was all for something
It was all for nothing
It was all for something
Something for nothing 

So many have died
Before and after me
The fighting will never stop
For our right to be free 

I was only eighteen
When I joined the Marines
Little did I know 
I'd be giving up
my dreams 

It was all for something
It was all for nothing
It was all for something
Something for nothing
Something for nothing
Something for nothing
Nothing

© Howard Aronson 2021

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