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Mon, 05/21/2007 - 1:43am — MJS

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Fifteen Troops and What Do You Get?
(Special nod to Merle Travis's original lyrics and
Tennessee Ernie Ford's recording of Sixteen Tons)

Some people say a war is made out of lies
A soldier's made out of warriors' cries
Warriors' cries and blood and guts
Guns you can fire and knives that will cut

You kill fifteen troops, and what do you get?
Another year older and billions in debt
Dick Cheney don't you call me cause I can't go
We bury the dead in a very dark hole

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