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Tristan smith
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About how soldiers were treated unfairly when they came home from ww2 called unfair and murders
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Hmm, hmm, hmm — hey-ya, hey-ya
(da-da, da-da)
We stepped off the train with our coats full of dust
Medals on our chest, but the town gave us rust
The factory doors were shut and the foreman's eyes were cold
They said “What did you do?” like we'd sell our souls
Kids in the corner staring like a story gone wrong
Neighbors kept their distance, like we didn't belong
We carried quiet names and the lists of the lost
They called it justice, but we counted the cost
We came back older than the pictures on the wall (on the wall)
We came back carrying summers that wouldn't fall (wouldn't fall)
They frowned at our laughter and they mocked our brave tune
Said we brought the night to their front room (their front room)
They called us murderers — oh-oh, oh-oh
They called us murderers — hey, hey, hey
They called us murderers — oh-oh, oh-oh
They called us murderers when we came back home
They called us murderers — unfair, unfair
They called us murderers — unfair, unfair
They called us murderers — unfair, unfair
They called us murderers and turned us out alone
My brother's hands shook from a war he can't show
The doctor wrote his name, the ledger said "no-more"
The landlord shook his head, said "I got a new man"
Left my kid with a letter and a rusted-out van
A pastor at the pulpit said "forget what they did"
While politicians smiled and polished their grid
We signed the papers clean, then we slept in the line
They labeled us monsters like we crossed a thin line
We came back with silence stitched under our skin (under our skin)
We came back with pieces that rattled within (rattled within)
They counted our years but they tossed out the pain
Said "We fought for peace" while we bled in the rain (blew in the rain)
They called us murderers — oh-oh, oh-oh
They called us murderers — hey, hey, hey
They called us murderers — oh-oh, oh-oh
They called us murderers when we came back home
They called us murderers — unfair, unfair
They called us murderers — unfair, unfair
They called us murderers — unfair, unfair
They called us murderers and turned us out alone
Old letters in a trunk smell like smoke and time
Names carved in the paving where the boys used to climb
The veterans' club still meets with an empty chair
They pass around stories and blame the air
A mother at the window says "He fought, he bled"
A senator says "Service," then looks to the ledge
Promises like paperboats that never learned to float
We learned to keep our mouths and swallow what we wrote
Oh, we sang for the ships and we sang for the shore (for the shore)
We sang for the young who will never come back for more
Hey — yeah — we stood where the flags flew red and white
They waved on TV, then they turned out the lights
We named the names in the mud, we called them by the dawn
But the court of the street said we d
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