I Was A Witness To A War

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

While going through my collection of sixties classic rock just now, I came across this forgotten gem. I have to share the lyrics with you.

Will mankind never learn?
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I Was A Witness To A War
Blood, Sweat & Tears

I saw a little boy today
I saw a little boy today who didn't want this fight
The other children laughed at him
It was a frightening thought
And I, I began to cry
Someone asked why
Someone asked what for
'Cause something inside of me, something inside of me
Something inside of me said I was a witness to a war
I was a witness to what happened
And I hated what I saw
I was a witness to a war, to a war

I saw a woman dressed in black
Her husband isn't coming back, she didn't want him to go
They said he had to do his chores before
Their future could grow
And I, I began to cry
Someone asked why
Someone asked what for
'Cause something inside of me, something inside of me
Something inside of me said I was a witness to a war
I was a witness to the heartbreak
That some soldier's woman bore
I was a witness to a war, to a war

I saw an ugly field today
I saw an ugly field today where only crosses could grow
A monument to modern man, and now
There's no place to go
And I, I began to cry
But no-one asked why
No-one asked what for
But something inside of me, something inside of me
Something inside of me said I was a victim of a war
I was a victim of the madness
That we should have stopped before
I was a witness to a war, to a war

[democrank]

1. Madness

that we should have stopped before.



Every single day I wonder why we aren`t out in the streets demanding an end to this war.

[thingfisher]

2. Because there isn't a draft.

[Monkeyman]

3. If there was I have my doubts about that

People today just don't seem to get it. Those of us who have seen war. Never want to see it again. But think how many young people have seen man killing man now