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Captain Collier came home, he's been fighting the warAnd I guess he thought he'd be hailed as a hero and moreAnd he walked down the streets of the old home townAnd he saw how it is around here nowNow Captain Collier had to callfar too many girls for a date that nightAll the girls had gone outwith their long haired boys. Captain Collier, he cried"What the hell have I been fighting for?"Oh, Captain it's for youWe wanna bring you homeWe wanna hold you in our armsCome back and keep us warm.P.F.C. Mannie Stein,Had been drafted and goneHe'd been told that only cowards say no.He came home and called some old friends,They'd resisted the draftAnd they both were in prisonAnd their wives and their kidsWere all skinny and having a bad timeAnd P.F.C SteinHe remembered the menCalled political prisoners you know where and when.SongtexteAnd he learned that the lines are tapped all the time nowAnd he's wondering if maybe his courage is needed at home nowYes soldier we're afraidWe're not just bein' foolsWe're gassed and beaten here at homeWe've got to change the rulesCorp'ral Thomas McCann Is a three year marine.Someone told him he'd better join up,It would would make him a man.He came home and to the park he wentAnd he sat down on a benchAnd a dungaree girl told him he'd been a man all alongAnd he looked at the sign that she carried in her hand.It said "Fuck the war and bring our brothers home"And corp'ral McCann he looks into her eyesAnd I believe that he's begun to understandOh soldier, It's for youWe formed our little bandsThe politicians and the magazinesThey just don't understand.Yes, soldier it's for youWe're riskin' all we haveWe're nailed and jailed the same as youOur lives are up for grabsYes soldier it's for you We want to bring you homeWe wanna hold you in our armsCome back and keep us warm.Her bring our brother home, (repeat) Aus Songtexte Mania