[Verse 1]
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

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And the war drags on

[Verse 2]
Found himself involved in a sea of blood and bones
Millions without faces, without hope and without homes
And the guns they grow louder as they made dust out of bones
That the flesh had long since left just as the people left their homes

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And the war drags on

[Verse 3]
They are 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

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And the war drags on
[Verse 4]
Last night poor Dan had a nightmare it seems
One kept occurrin' and re-occurrin' in his dream
Cities full of people burn and scream and shoutin' loud
And right there overhead a great, orange mushroom cloud

[Verse 5]
And there's no more war
For there's no, no more world
And the tears come streamin' down
Yes, I lie cryin' on the ground