Children Of War - Mick Terry

Hey, followers! Help support child soldier awareness by reading the new lyrics of  the song "Children Of War" by song writer Mick Terry:

     His first contact with an AK,
at the ripe old age- of five,
was the murder of his father outside- their door
by three rebels having a hey-day
as they plundered his- whole tribe,
all- in the names of politics, God- and war.

His mother, beaten & savaged,
had so bravely tried- to fight,
couldn't save his older brothers, both dragged- away.
Through the next two rainy seasons,
he could barely sleep- at night
'til a warring faction came to make him- their slave.

    CHILDREN OF WAR, just puppy sol-diers.
    A much less visible target, but still all trained- to kill.
    CHILDREN OF WAR, just puppy sol-diers.
    They're just little boys with grownup toys,
    playing war that's all- too real.

They drilled him with wooden rifles,
drugging him to follow commands
with a sergeant barely older than his- own age.
& they showed him tricks of survival
in the forests &- the sands.
And they filled his growing heart with a lot- of hate.

    CHORUS

        "Hey, this be fun-. All this killing and fighting.
        Yes I lose some friends, but we not that close.
        Hey, this be fun-. For sure, it be exciting.
        But it be my two big brothers I miss most."

Through sickness, death & attrition,
he progressed up through- the ranks.
By the age of thirteen, he was Lieuten-ant Duan.
& he never knew both his brothers
were both soldiers in- a tank
that his RPG took out early one- gray dawn.

    CHORUS