yes I was a child
and it was all adventure
with a big bag of green soldiers
putting them all over bookshelves
in the libraries at school
on the kitchen table
on the sidewalk
and we fought wars
in our minds
and in our hearts
of peace and love
and why men have to die
the green bag of soldiers
that daddy bought for us
made us men, too soon
we felt sorry for the losses
we felt bad for victims
of war and of hardship
but he taught us lessons
about the real world
and gave us pretend guns
and we battled as children did
Oh, those green soldiers
a childhood of abuse
putting too much on a child's mind
nobody should really
think about war
of any kind
they should pray for peace
green bag of soldiers