Prologue: The World As It Is

from New Ballads of the Bonus Army by Jerry Hughes

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I was born, I was born
In a bucket filled with shit
I was born in the world as it is.

I was raised, I was raised
In a mill town my papa quit
I was raised in the world as it is.

So I joined, yes I joined
For a rifle and a soldier’s kit
And i joined the world as it is

Then we sailed, yes we sailed
To the trenches and the devil’s pit
We sailed to the world as it should have never been.

We were told, we were told
They would grant us some benefit
We were told that’s the world as it is

But we learned, oh we learned
Who’s a liar and a hypocrite
We learned of the world as it was

So we turn, yes we turn
To the nation till they commit
To turn the world as it should be.

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from New Ballads of the Bonus Army, released July 21, 2015

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Jerry Hughes is an independent musician working in folk, theater, and contemporary music.

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