Musicas de Guerra
1- The War Drags On
Composição: Mick Softley
Interprtação: Donavan
Ano: 1965
The War Drags On foi composta pelo cantor de folk britânico Mick Softley. Conta a história de Dan, um soldado que foi enviado para o Vietnã e lá teve um pesadelo com um guerra nuclear que destrói o planeta. A música aparece no álbum de Softley Songs for Swinging Survivors, mas foi o cantor Donovan que a popularizou em 1965.
The War Drags On
Let me tell you the story of a soldier named Dan.
Went out to fight the good fight in South Vietnam,
Went out to fight for peace, liberty and all,
Went out to fight for equality, hope, let's go,
And the war drags on.
Found himself involved in a sea of blood and bones,
Millions without faces, without hope and without homes.
And the guns they grew louder as they made dust out of bones
That the flesh had long since left just as the people left their homes,
And the war drags on.
They're just there to try and make the people free,
But the way that they're doing it, it don't seem like that to me.
Just more blood-letting and misery and tears
That this poor country's known for the last twenty years,
And the war drags on.
Last night poor Dan had a nightmare