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A Soldier's Burden

from A Soldier's Burden (single) by Brett Detar

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A Soldier’s Burden
tie my travel bags. i’m shipping out.
mary, kiss me on the mouth.
a soldier fights his sorrows, fears, & doubts
before he even sees the battleground.
a soldier shares his sadness with the badlands and the gun.
our march is never ending ‘til the war is lost or won so

take aim where you will if you got the heart - the heart to kill
‘cos we’ll always have the blood to spill - to fire our guns at will.
take aim where you will if you got the heart - the heart to kill - then kill.
you know i got the blood to spill so fire your guns at will.
we fire our guns to kill.

if i should not return don’t seek my grave.
we’ll meet again come judgement day.
believe i shed no blood or fought in vain.
oh, i only pray to see your face.
light the fuse to fire me from a cannon with a cry.
there ain’t no way to win a war if someone doesn’t die so

take aim where you will if you got the heart - the heart to kill
‘cos we’ll always have the blood to spill - to fire our guns at will.
take aim where you will if you got the heart - the heart to kill - then kill.
you know i got the blood to spill so fire your guns at will.
we fire our guns to kill.

i knew there’d never be no warning.
there’s just a bullet burning in my side.
so i say farewell to the soldier’s burden
but even in death my ghost can’t rest while we still fight.

take aim where you will if you got the heart - the heart to kill.
‘cos we’ll always have the blood to spill - to fire our guns at will.
take aim where you will if you got the heart - the heart to kill - then kill.
you know i got the blood to spill so fire your guns at will.
fire your guns at will.

credits

from A Soldier's Burden (single), released September 7, 2013
Written by Brett Detar and Benjamin Romans

Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar and Percussion: Brett Detar
Drum Set and Marching Snare: Adam Christgau
Bass Guitar: Malcolm Gold
Piano and Wurlitzer: Benjamin Romans
Pedal Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, & Baritone Guitar: David Kaye
Fiddle: Joe Spivey
Cello, Viola, and Violin: Tim Lorsch
Backing Vocals: Joseph West, Aron Mardo, Robert Mardo, Jeffrey Kish, Scott Simons, Jason Stinson

*String Arrangement by Benjamin Romans

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