Songs that deal with the issue 'soldier going to war'. Anybody know one?

Question

aloha. I'm looking for songs in the genre '60's swing' or newer music that deal with the issue 'soldier going to war', 'leaving home' etc.
any ideas?

Answer 1

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE
words and music by Pete Seeger
performed by Pete Seeger and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?

©1961 (Renewed) Fall River Music Inc
All Rights Reserved.

Answer 2

Check these out, they might fit your needs...1) The Unknown Soldier by The Doors, 2) Billy Don't Be a Hero...(can't come up with the artisit, 3) Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd (...did they get you to trade a walk-on part in a war for a lead role in a cage...), and maybe 4)The Gates of Delirium by Yes -- war protest mega tune.

Answer 3

Being The master of the 60's rock and stuff i would Suggest either Five To One by The Doors, or Unkown Solider by The Doors
there good

Answer 4

Travelin' Soldier
Home (2002)

Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army greens
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair

He's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me, I'm feeling a little low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
I got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart it might be love
And all of the things he was so scared of

He said when it's gettin' kind of rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home

One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang
A man said "Folks would you bow your heads
For a list of local Vietnam dead"

Cryin' all alone under the stands
Was the piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's coming

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's coming home



Here you go. It's the 1st one I thought of & it'll make you cry!

Answer 5

"Ghost of you"-My Chemical Romance


"When I'm Gone"-3 Doors Down

"99 Luftbaloons"-Nena

Answer 6

Mark Shultz - Letters from War

Great song!

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Answer 7

i know one from the 80s fantastic song by big country (have you heard of them) the song is called

where the rose is sown

it starts with the news of the outbreak of war and tells of fear and belief great song.heres a lyric.

if i die in the combat zone box me up and ship me home
if i die and still come home
lay me where the rose is sown.

Answer 8

Sullivan by Caroline's Spine fits the bill quite nicely.

Answer 9

Gun Shy by 10,000 Maniacs

I always knew that you would
take yourself far from home
as soon as, as far as you could go

by the quarter inch cut of your hair
and the Army issue green
for the past eight weeks
I can tell where you've been

well, I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me
there was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your veins
there is a world outside of this room and
when you meet it promise me
you won't meet it with your gun

so now you are one of the brave few
it's so awful sad we need boys like you
I hope the day never comes for
"here's your live round son
stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun"

well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me
there was soldiers blue blood streaming inside your veins

there is a world outside of this room and
when you meet it promise me
you won't meet it with your gun taking aim

I don't mean to argue
they've made a decent boy of you and
I don't mean to spoil your homecoming
but baby brother you should expect me to

"stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun"

so now does your heart pitter pat
with a patriotic sound
when you see the stripes of old glory waving?

well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me
there was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your veins

there is a world outside of this room and
when you meet it promise me
you won't meet it with your gun taking aim

I don't mean to argue
they've made a decent boy of you
I don't mean to spoil your homecoming my baby brother Jude
and I don't mean to hurt you by saying this again
they're so good at making soldiers
but they're not so good
at making men

Answer 10

"Ghost of you" by my chemical romance

I never, said I'd lie and wait forever
If I died we'd be together now
I can't always just forget her
But she could try

At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I?
Should I?
And all the things that you never ever told me
And all the smiles that are ever ever...

Ever...
Get the feeling that you're never
All alone and I remember now
At the top of my lungs in my arms she dies
She dies

At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I?
Should I?
And all the things that you never ever told me
And all the smiles that are ever gonna haunt me
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I?
Should I?
And all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
For all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me

If I fall...
If I fall...
Down

At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
Never coming home
Never coming home
And all the things that you never ever told me
And all the smiles that are ever gonna haunt me
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I....
Should I?
And all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
For all the ghosts that are never gonna.....

"when september ends" by green day

Summer has come and passed.
The innocent can never last
Wake me up,
When September ends.

Like my father's come to pass, seven years has gone so fast.
Wake me up,
When September ends.

Here comes the rain again,
Falling from the stars;
Drenched in my pain again,
Becoming who we are.

As my memory rests,
But never forgets what I lost.
Wake me up,
When September ends.

Summer has come and passed.
The innocent can never last.
Wake me up,
When September ends.

Ring out the bells again.
Like we did when spring began.
Wake me up,
When September ends.

Here comes the rain again,
Falling from the stars;
Drenched in my pain again,
Becoming who we are.

As my memory rest,
But never forgets what I lost.
Wake me up,
When September ends.

Summer has come and passed.
The innocent can never last.
Wake me up,
When September ends.

Like my father's come to pass.
Twenty years has gone so fast.
Wake me up,
When September ends.
Wake me up,
When September ends.
Wake me up,
When September ends....

"letters from home" by John Michael Montgomery

“My Dearest Son it's almost June
I hope this letter catches up with you
And finds you well
It's been dry but they're callin’ for rain
And everything’s the same ol’ same in Johnsonville
Your stubborn ol’ daddy ain’t said too much
But I'm sure you know he sends his love”
And she goes on
In a letter from home

I hold it up and show my buddies
Like we ain’t scared and our boots ain’t muddy
And they all laugh
Like there's somethin’ funny ‘bout the way I talk
When I say, “Mamma sends her best ya’ll”
I fold it up and put it in my shirt
Pick up my gun and get back to work
And it keeps me drivin’ on
Waitin’ on
Letters from home

“My Dearest Love it's almost dawn
I've been lyin’ here all night long
Wonderin’ where you might be
I saw your Mamma and I showed her the ring
Man on the television said something
So I couldn't sleep
But I'll be all right, I'm just missin’ you
And this is me kissin’ you
Xs and Os”
In a letter from home

I hold it up and show my buddies
Like we ain’t scared and our boots ain’t muddy
And they all laugh cause she calls me honey
But they take it hard
Cause I don't read the good parts
I fold up and put it in my shirt
Pick up my gun and get back to work
And it keeps me drivin’ on
Waitin’ on
Letters from home

“Dear son, I know I ain’t written
But sittin’ here tonight alone in the kitchen, it occurs to me
I might not have said it so I'll say it now
Son, you make me proud”

I hold it up and show my buddies
Like we ain’t scared and our boots ain’t muddy
But no one laughs
Cause there ain’t nothin’ funny when a soldier cries
And I just wipe my eyes
I fold it up and put it in my shirt
Pick up my gun and get back to work
And it keeps me drivin’ on
Waitin’ on
Letters from home

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