Song title: The war drags on
by Donovan
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 it seems.
One kept occurring and re-occurring in his dream:
Cities full of people burn and scream and shoutin' loud
And right over head a great orange mushroom cloud.
And there's no more war,
for there's no more world,
And the tears come streaming down.
Yes, I lie crying on the ground.
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 18/09/1968 Ocean County College, Toms River,NJ ,USA during the Earth period
note: this date is only indicative of the general period
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Unique known live performance: 18/09/1968 Ocean County College, Toms River,NJ ,USA
Song 'history':
During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 1 time(s) with the Earth band.
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Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
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