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The General
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There was a decorated general with a heart of gold
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That likened him to all the stories he told
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Of past battles, won and lost and legends of old
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A seasoned veteran in his own time
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On the battlefield, he gained respectable fame
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With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
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He grew a beard as soon as he could
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To cover the scars on his face and always urged his men on
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But on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream
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The old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning
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He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen
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And walked slowly out of his tent
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All the men held tall with their chests in the air
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With courage in their blood and a fire in their stare
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It was a gray morning and they all wondered how they would fare
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The old general told them to go home
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He said, "I have seen the others and I have discovered
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That this fight is not worth fighting
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Oh and I've seen their mothers
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And I will no other to follow me where I'm going"
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So take a shower and shine your shoes you got no time to lose
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You are young men you must be living, yeah
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Take a shower and shine your shoes you got no time to lose
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You are young men you must be living, go now you are forgiven
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Yeah and the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
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Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders
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The general said, he would do his own duty but he would
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Extend it no further the men could go as they pleased
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But not a man moved, their eyes gazed straight ahead
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Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
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And the old general was left with his
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Own words echoing in his head, he then prepared to fight
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He said, "I have seen the others and I have discovered
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That this fight is not worth fighting
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Oh and I've seen their mothers
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And I will no other to follow me where I'm going"
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So take a shower and shine your shoes you got no time to lose
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You are young men you must be living, yeah
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Take a shower and shine your shoes you got no time to lose
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You are young men you must be living, go now you are forgiven
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Go now you are forgiven
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Go now you are forgiven
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Go now you are forgiven
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Go
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Go now you are forgiven
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Go now you are forgiven
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Go now you are forgiven
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Go
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Go now you are forgiven
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Go now you are forgiven
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Go now you are forgiven
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Go
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