Flowers of Evil
Intro
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Verse 1
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Oh can you tell me, oh how the joy
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Passed from his childhood, that's not my boy
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I see he's finished, he's run his race
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We're not his family that's not his face
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We taught him well and from his youth
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He knew he always must know the truth
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He left his country to go to war
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When he returned, he'd found we closed the door
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But we never dreamed when he was leaving
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That he would taste the flowers of evil
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Verse 2
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I know his habit was not so bad
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When for fifty dollars it could be had
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But now he's home to his promised land
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And what he needs got to cost a Grand
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When he'd been home for six month's time
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My son he told me, he'd made up his mind
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He's re-enlisted for three years more
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It's too expensive to stop this war
Chorus
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But we never dreamed when he was leaving
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That he would taste the flowers of evil
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Outro
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Oh can you tell me, oh how the joy
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Passed from his childhood, that's not my boy
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He's re-enlisted for three years more
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Is the price of peace worth the price of war?
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Is the price of peace worth the price of war?
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Is the price of peace worth the price of war?
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Is the price of peace worth the price of war?