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Version 1 of Steppenwolf Lyrics Draft Resister (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/steppenwolf/draft/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Words and music by John Kay and Goldie McJohn | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| He was talkin' 'bout the army while he passed his pipe around | He was talkin' 'bout the army while he passed his pipe around | |||||||||||||
| An American deserter who found peace on Swedish ground | An American deserter who found peace on Swedish ground | |||||||||||||
| He had joined to seek adventure and to prove himself a man | He had joined to seek adventure and to prove himself a man | |||||||||||||
| 1 | But they tried to crush his spirit 'til his conscience ruined their plan | But they tried to crush his spirit 'til his conscience ruined their plans | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| And we thought of those who suffer for the sake of honesty | And we thought of those who suffer for the sake of honesty | |||||||||||||
| All those who refuse to follow traitors to humanity | All those who refuse to follow traitors to humanity | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Here's to all the draft resisters who will fight for sanity | Here's to all the draft resisters who will fight for sanity | |||||||||||||
| 2 | When they march 'em off to prison in this land of liberty | When they march them off to prison in this land of liberty | 2 | |||||||||||
| Heed the threat and awesome power of the mighty Pentagon | Heed the threat and awesome power of the mighty Pentagon | |||||||||||||
| Which is wasting precious millions on the toys of Washington | Which is wasting precious millions on the toys of Washington | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Don't forget the draft resisters and their silent lonely plea | Don't forget the Draft Resisters and their silent, lonely plea | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | When they march 'em off to prison, they will go for you and me | When they march them off to prison, they will go for you and me | 4 | |||||||||||
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| Shame, disgrace and all dishonor, wrongly placed upon their heads | Shame, disgrace and all dishonor, wrongly placed upon their heads | |||||||||||||
| Will not rob them of the courage which betrays the innocent | Will not rob them of the courage which betrays the innocent | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | © Copyright MCA Music (BMI) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | All rights for the USA controlled and administered by | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | MCA Corporation of America, INC | 8 | ||||||||||||
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