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So the air's getting colder and the news keeps us scared.
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I still wrestle this summer from the bones of our tired, blistered hands.
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'Cause tonight we got drinks, and just a couple of friends.
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And the girl that my brother likes is finally talking to him.
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And his chest is all swelled like he's proud and happy.
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Like he's got a great idea, like he's making a memory.
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Wake up, and come out to the car.
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There's an East swell coming and it's howling off shore and we'll be...
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Lying like lions out in the sand.
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And I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brother's hands.
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* play very softly
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So we make jokes back home and we lighten the mood.
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But growing up our parents saw what sending the kids to fight could really do.
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And now with the war I can tell they're a little shook up.
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'Cause just a few mothers' sons will never really be enough.
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Not 'til half of our names are etched out in the wall...
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...and the other half ruined from the things we saw.
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* play very softly
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Wake up, and come out to the car.
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There's an East swell coming and it's howling off shore and we'll be...
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Lying like lions out in the sand.
A5 (let ring) G5 (let ring)
And I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brother's hands.