I Ain't Marching Anymore
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About I Ain't Marching Anymore
This song is a historic protest song against going to war. It chronicles the fact that always the old have dispatched the young to do the fighting in American wars, while the young have had little say in their going and little voice in the outcome. .
I Ain't Marching Anymore Lyrics
[00:16.16] Oh, I marched to the battle of New Orleans
[00:19.87] At the end of the early British wars
[00:23.76] The young land started growing
[00:25.72] The young blood started flowing
[00:27.51] But I ain't marching anymore
[00:32.85] For I've killed my share of Indians
[00:34.54] In a thousand different fights
[00:36.48] I was there at the Little Big Horn
[00:40.05] I heard many men lying, I saw many more dying
[00:44.09] But I ain't marching anymore
[00:47.52] It's always the old to lead us to the wars
[00:51.48] It's always the young to fall
[00:54.83] Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
[00:58.68] Tell me, is it worth it all?
[01:03.75] For I stole California from the Mexican land
[01:08.13] Fought in the bloody Civil War
[01:11.07] Yes, I even killed my brothers
[01:13.17] And so many others
[01:15.05] But I ain't marching anymore
[01:20.07] For I marched to the battles of the German trench
[01:23.86] In a war that was bound to end all wars
[01:27.45] Oh, I must have killed a million men
[01:29.56] And now they want me back again
[01:31.32] But I ain't marching anymore
[01:34.79] It's always the old to lead us to the wars
[01:38.63] Always the young to fall
[01:42.05] Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
[01:45.84] Tell me, is it worth it all?
[01:50.98] For I flew the final mission in the Japanese skies
[01:55.13] Set off the mighty mushroom roar
[01:58.12] When I saw the cities burning
[02:00.24] I knew that I was learning
[02:02.00] That I ain't marching anymore
[02:07.28] Now the labor leader's screamin'
[02:09.17] When they close the missile plants
[02:11.52] United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore
[02:15.23] Call it peace or call it treason
[02:17.32] Call it love or call it reason
[02:19.61] But I ain't marching anymore
[02:23.09] No, I ain't marching anymore
[02:29.91]
[00:19.87] At the end of the early British wars
[00:23.76] The young land started growing
[00:25.72] The young blood started flowing
[00:27.51] But I ain't marching anymore
[00:32.85] For I've killed my share of Indians
[00:34.54] In a thousand different fights
[00:36.48] I was there at the Little Big Horn
[00:40.05] I heard many men lying, I saw many more dying
[00:44.09] But I ain't marching anymore
[00:47.52] It's always the old to lead us to the wars
[00:51.48] It's always the young to fall
[00:54.83] Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
[00:58.68] Tell me, is it worth it all?
[01:03.75] For I stole California from the Mexican land
[01:08.13] Fought in the bloody Civil War
[01:11.07] Yes, I even killed my brothers
[01:13.17] And so many others
[01:15.05] But I ain't marching anymore
[01:20.07] For I marched to the battles of the German trench
[01:23.86] In a war that was bound to end all wars
[01:27.45] Oh, I must have killed a million men
[01:29.56] And now they want me back again
[01:31.32] But I ain't marching anymore
[01:34.79] It's always the old to lead us to the wars
[01:38.63] Always the young to fall
[01:42.05] Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
[01:45.84] Tell me, is it worth it all?
[01:50.98] For I flew the final mission in the Japanese skies
[01:55.13] Set off the mighty mushroom roar
[01:58.12] When I saw the cities burning
[02:00.24] I knew that I was learning
[02:02.00] That I ain't marching anymore
[02:07.28] Now the labor leader's screamin'
[02:09.17] When they close the missile plants
[02:11.52] United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore
[02:15.23] Call it peace or call it treason
[02:17.32] Call it love or call it reason
[02:19.61] But I ain't marching anymore
[02:23.09] No, I ain't marching anymore
[02:29.91]
From the album: Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973
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