Cowboy Junkies

I Don't Want To Be a Soldier

Cowboy Junkies


Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Well i don't wanna be a sailor mamma, i don't wanna fly
Well i don't wanna be a failure mamma, i don't wanna cry
Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

Well i don't wanna be a rich man mamma, i don't wanna cry
Well i don't wanna be a poor man mamma, i don't wanna fly
Well i don't wanna be a lawyer mamma, i don't wanna lie
Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

Well i don't wanna be a beggar mamma, i don't wanna die
Well i don't wanna be a theif now mamma, i don't wanna fly
Well i don't wanna be a churchman mamma, i don't wanna cry
Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no
Hit it! 

Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Well i don't wanna be a sailor mamma, i don't wanna fly
Well i don't wanna be a failure mamma, i don't wanna cry
Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

I'm tilting on the break of shit
Decisions making in my life 
Makes me loose it i ain't taking it this way i ain't making it 
There n mistakes but if i'm wrong i will pay for it 
Like them bills i hate to pay 
Today i stay brave to win every day i'm a soldier 
I don't wanna die. I ain't know killer either 
So why does mama cry? 
She needs to feed her child 
But she's a child in her father's eyes 
Ya'll better recognize 
The power parents recking with 
Does it make sense to make way for censorship? 
It's brains we messing with 
Across the planes we got kids n chains and whips 
Who live their lives censor less but we couldn't give a shit. 
I don't wanna lie 
Cheaters will cheat 
Some will rather reach jesus 
Before meeting defeat 
I think it's easy to see i you be seeing these streets
Sometimes my eyes 
Can't believe what they see, 
On tv, young like me sent over seas 
Sent over greed i believe 
Is this what we need? 
Yo these guys like me. 
To add fire to the fuel 
Life twisted my views 
Just from flicking the news 
I gives me the early 21st century blues 
But we making it threw
Make what you make it 
You can't redo what you do 
I'm the living proof making it threw the 21st century blues 
Peace.