Oh Camil--Graham Nash
Oh Camil, tell me how do you feel?
You fought for your country
for God and for war,
now your heart tells you that can't be real.
So you tell me your story from beginning to end
all the blood and the guts and the gore
will you tell all the people
'bout the people you killed,
not for God, but for country and war?
Oh! Camil, tell me what did you mother say,
when you left those people out in the fields,
rotting along with the hay?
Did you show her your medals?
Did you show her your guns?
Did you show her the ears that you wore?
Did you show her a picture of the people you killed
not for God, but for country and war?
Oh! Camil, tell me why are you in this place?
When you stood up for justice your country replied
by throwing it back in your face.
When you tell me your story
are you making amends for all of the hatred you saw?
Will you tell all the people about the people that cry out for God
not for country or war?
2007-11-02 21:20:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Because the poignancy of lives lost and hearts broken in wars never dies. It's something any person from any era can relate to or remember in some way.
'What's a Few Men' is a personal favourite of mine.
http://www.humanfrailty.com.au/songs/whats_a_few_men.htm#comment
It's a true story about a group of Australian troops fighting the Turks in WW I. An English colonel was staying in their trenches and disliked the smell of the corpses rotting in "No Man's Land" between the Australian and the Turkish trenches. He demanded the troops go out and bury the bodies. They tried and were mowed down by enemy fire. He refused to back down and kept insisting they bury the bodies, until it finally sunk in that if the troops kept getting shot, he'd have none left. So they called a truce with the Turks to bury the dead. I read the autobiography of one of the Australian men there and it was very touching.
He talked about sharing his cigarettes with a Turkish soldier who helped him dig the graves and bury the bodies. For a short time, they were friends, brothers. Then the next day they went back to blasting each other to hell.
2007-11-02 22:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by . 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is simple. Talent and conviction are timeless. Music then wasn't commercial MTV idiots. These musicians were about music and life not money and sells. And never will there be a time that war is the answer everyone agrees on.
2007-11-03 08:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by Nurse Winchester 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 05:52:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rock On!
2007-11-02 21:24:08 · answer #4 · answered by tharnpfeffa 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Up against the wall,
Up against the wall,
Mother F****r!
Tear down the war!
Tear down the war!
Won't you try?"
From "We Can Be Together" by Jefferson Airplane
2007-11-03 00:19:39 · answer #5 · answered by Jack B, goodbye, Yahoo! 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋