Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Missionary, artist - Jimmy Buffett. Album song Down To Earth, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 31.12.1969
Record label: Barnaby
Song language: English
The Missionary |
I didn’t know we were at war |
I’ve been away so long |
Trying to help once lost men |
Distinguish right from wrong |
I didn’t know we’d killed the men |
Our leaders proud and strong |
The situation’s changed my friend |
I’ve been away too long |
I taught my friends |
How we had gained respect for every man |
And freedom flowed like jungle streams |
While peace embraced the land |
I told them how we’d learned to change |
Our sword blades into plows |
I told them they should learn from us |
What should I tell them now |
'Cause I didn’t know we were at war |
I’ve been away so long |
Trying to help once lost men |
Distinguish right from wrong |
The jungle silence shut them off |
From civilized mankind |
Their nakedness was no disgrace |
No censors could I find |
The population lived in peace |
All brothers on their own |
And now that I have seen the mess |
I don’t think I’ll go home |
'Cause I didn’t know we were at war |
I’ve been |