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( Child soldier song lyrics )
CHILDREN OF WAR
( Puppy Soldiers )
Copyright © 2006 - mickterry.com

His first contact with an AK,
at the ripe old age- of five,
was the murder of his father outside- their door
by three rebels having a hey-day
as they plundered his- whole tribe,
all- in the names of politics, God- and war.

His mother, beaten & savaged,
had so bravely tried- to fight,
couldn't save his older brothers, both dragged- away.
Through the next two rainy seasons,
he could barely sleep- at night
'til a warring faction came to make him- their slave.

    CHILDREN OF WAR, just puppy sol-diers.
    A much less visible target, but still all trained- to kill.
    CHILDREN OF WAR, just puppy sol-diers.
    They're just little boys with grownup toys,
    playing war that's all- too real.

They drilled him with wooden rifles,
drugging him to follow commands
with a sergeant barely older than his- own age.
& they showed him tricks of survival
in the forests &- the sands.
And they filled his growing heart with a lot- of hate.

    CHORUS

        "Hey, this be fun-. All this killing and fighting.
        Yes I lose some friends, but we not that close.
        Hey, this be fun-. For sure, it be exciting.
        But it be my two big brothers I miss most."

Through sickness, death & attrition,
he progressed up through- the ranks.
By the age of thirteen, he was Lieuten-ant Duan.
& he never knew both his brothers
were both soldiers in- a tank
that his RPG took out early one- gray dawn.

    CHORUS

Copyright © 2006  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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Inspired by photos of child soldiers in Liberia
by Corinne Dufka / Human Rights Watch

These lyrics used by permission in the following academic projects:
Andrew Ratner, Springfield, MA, high school teacher, unit on child soldiers
Artyom Kulagin, Dalarna University, Sweden, Master's thesis

To other real life tragedy song lyrics:   HELL ON WATER
To other African song lyrics:   NIGHT OF DYING MOON
To other foreign language song lyrics:   SMARTERER
To other child abuse song lyrics:   CARDINAL LAW
To other war song lyrics:   FACE TO FACE
CAN WE TALK?
HEY, ITS NOT ME
LAND OF DREAMS
BEHIND THE LINES
THE NUKE'S A HAZARD
BIN LADEN, BIN LADEN
NIGHT OF DYING MOON
ONCE THE DARK WINGS
SADDAMI, SADDAMI, BALONEY
I WANT HIM BACK FROM IRAQ
I'M LOOKING FOR YOUNG MEN
WHY ARE THEY SHOOTING AT ME?
EXPERIMENTS COME, EXPERIMENTS GO
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