Moratorium

Captain Collier came home, he's been fighting the war And I guess he thought he'd be hailed as a hero and more And he walked down the streets of the old home town And he saw how it is around here now Now Captain Collier had to call Far too many girls for a date that night All the girls had gone out With their long haired boys Captain Collier, he cried What the hell have I been fighting for? Oh, Captain it's for you We wanna bring you home We wanna hold you in our arms Come back and keep us warm P.F.C. Mannie Stein Had been drafted and gone He'd been told that only cowards say no He came home and called some old friends They'd resisted the draft And they both were in prison And their wives and their kids Were all skinny and having a bad time And P.F.C. Stein He remembered the men Called political prisoners you know where and when And he learned that the lines are tapped all the time now And he's wondering if maybe his courage is needed at home now Yes soldier we're afraid We're not just bein' fools We're gassed and beaten here at home We've got to change the rules Corporal Thomas McCann Is a three year marine Someone told him he'd better join up It would would make him a man He came home and to the park he went And he sat down on a bench And a dungaree girl told him he'd been a man all along And he looked at the sign that she carried in her hand It said "Fuck the war and bring our brothers home" And corporal McCann he looks into her eyes And I believe that he's begun to understand Oh soldier, It's for you We formed our little bands The politicians and the magazines They just don't understand Yes, soldier it's for you We're riskin' all we have We're nailed and jailed the same as you Our lives are up for grabs Yes soldier it's for you We want to bring you home We wanna hold you in our arms Come back and keep us warm Her bring our brother home --- Moratorium - Buffy Sainte-Marie