I ain’t
marching anymore
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1. Oh, I marched to the Battle of New Orleans,
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at the end of the early British
War,
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the young land started growing, the young blood started flowing,
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but I ain't
marchin' anymore.
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2. For I've killed my share of Indians in a thousand different fights,
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I was there at the Little Big
Horn.
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I heard many men lying, I saw many more dying,
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but I ain't
marchin' anymore.
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It's always the old to lead us to the war,
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it's always the young to fall.
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Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun,
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tell me is it worth it all ?
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3. For I stole
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fought in
the bloody Civil War.
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Yes, I even killed my brothers,
and so many others,
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but I ain't
marchin' anymore.
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4. For I marched to the battles of the German trench,
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in a war that was bound to end
all wars.
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Oh, I must have killed a
million men,
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and now they want me back
again,
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but I ain't
marchin' anymore.
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It's always the old to lead us to the war,
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it's always the young to fall.
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Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun,
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tell me is it worth it all ?
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5. For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky,
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set off the mighty mushroom
roar.
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When I saw the cities burning,
I knew that I was learning
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that I ain't marchin' anymore.
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6. Now the labor leader's screamin'
when they close the missile plants,
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United Fruit screams at the
Cuban shore.
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Call it "peace" or
call it "treason," call it "love" or call it "reason,"
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but I ain't marchin' any more ! No I ain't marchin' any more !
(Phil Ochs)