The Water and Salt Stew: An Anti-War Song

["Garrett Clevenger" <onewildearth@hotmail.com>]

The Water and Salt Stew
©2002 Garrett Clevenger

Chords:        Lyrics:

Bm                 Water and salt drip from their eyes.
E     Bm         A pain’s in their heart, but that’s no surprise.
E     Bm         In the planes that soar into the sky are the
D  E    Bm     men who said, “Goodbye.”

Bm                 Courage and strength and discipline, too.
E     Bm         And orders to fight ‘til the war is through.
E     Bm         Armed with everything a soldier could use.
D  E    Bm     Who can stop this fuse?

E     G           Behind the smoke where the enemys wait.
C     E           Trying to hide from the tide of Fate.
G     D    E    Drawing a line deep into the sand.
G     D           High above, a warrior dove,
C     E           circles closer in the spirit of
G     D     A   enforcement of peace and liberty.
G     A     Bm
Bm                 What kind of man would devote his life,
E     Bm         poisoning the world with fear and strife,
E     Bm         developing weapons at such a price?
D  E    Bm     Does his heart beat shards of ice?

Bm                 Chemical weapons now are ready to go.
E     Bm         Biologicals and nuclears glow.
E     Bm         If they corner the maniac why wouldn’t he throw
D  E    Bm     a missile to start the show?

E     G            What is the last thought to pass through their mind,
C     E            lying below the sun ‘til they die,
G     D    E     crying tears alone in a foreign land?
G     D            Screams of pain are drowned by a plane,
C     E            dropping bombs that feed the flame,
G     D     A    freezing another’s heart with misery.
G     A     Bm
Bm                 Water and salt drip from their eyes.
E     Bm         A pain’s in their heart, but that’s no surprise.
E     Bm         For the souls that soar into the sky
D  E    Bm     never said, “Goodbye.”

Bm                 When will we kill the cycle of death?
E     Bm         For hatred grows stronger with every breath.
E     Bm         Vengeance will rule us forever unless
D  E    Bm     we forgive those who trespass.
E     Bm         The water and salt stew may be our best chance
D  E    Bm     to purify who’s left.



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