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War Trk 6 3: 31
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(Strong, Whitfield/ Starr)
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Edwin Starr (Charles Edwin Hatcher) vocal
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Backing male chorus: Stoney and Meat loaf
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Pop Chart #1 July 11, 1970 Gordy Records single #7101
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Band: The Funk Brothers Motown Records, Detroit
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Album: Century Masters Best of Edwin Starr (Millennium Collection)
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(War) h'uh
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Yeah!
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(What is it good for?)
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Absolutely (nothin) uh-huh, uh-huh
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(War) h'uh
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Yeah!
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(What is it good for?)
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Absolutely (nothin')
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Say it again, y'all
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(War) h'uh (h'uh) look out!
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(What is it good for?)
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Absolutely (nothin')
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Listen to me
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Ooh war, I despise
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'Cause it means destruction of innocent lives
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War means tears, to thousands of mother's eyes
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When their sons go off to fight and lose their lives
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I said, war (h'uh)
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Good God, y'all!
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(What is it good for?)
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Absolutely (nothin') 'gin
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Say it, again
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(War) whoa (h'uh) whoa-whoa, Lord
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(What is it good for?)
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Absolutely (nothin')
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Listen to me!
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(War)
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It ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker!
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(War)
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Friend only to the undertaker
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Ooh, war
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Is an enemy to all mankind
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The thought of war blows my mind
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War has caused unrest
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Within the younger generation
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Induction, then destruction
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Who wants to die?
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Ooh war, Good God (h'uh) y'all!
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(What is it good for?)
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Absolutely (nothin')
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Say it, say it, say it
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(War)
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Woah-h'uh (h'uh) yeah uh
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(What is it good for?)
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(Absolutely) nothin'
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Listen to me
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(War)
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It ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker
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(War)
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It's got one thing and that's the undertaker
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Ooh, war
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Has shattered many a-young man's dreams
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Made him disabled, bitter, and mean
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And life is much too short and precious
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To spend fighting wars each day
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War can't give life
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It can only take it away
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Oh, war!
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(H'uh) Good God, y'all
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(What is it good for?)
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Absolutely (nothin')
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Say it, again
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(War)
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Whoa (h'uh) whoa-whoa, Lord
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(What is it good for?)
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A-absolutely (nothin')
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Listen to me!
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(War)
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It ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker
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(War)
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Friend only to the undertaker
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Woo!
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Peace, love and understanding tell me
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Is there no place for anything else?
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They say we must fight
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To keep our freedoms
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But Lord, knows there's got to be
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A better way
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Oooh
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(War)
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God, y'all! (uh)
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(What is it good for?)
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You tell 'em! (h'uh)
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Say it, say it, say it
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(War)
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Good God (h'uh) now, h'uh
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Fades-
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(What is it good for?)
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Stand up and shout it
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(Nothin'!)
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(War)
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It ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker
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Ooh, war.
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War
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