| And I wonder why
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| (I wonder why)
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| I wonder why
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| (I wonder why)
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| Said I been to the hospital (yeah)
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| Hiding low down on the floor (yeah)
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| I said baby stop and halt (yeah)
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| A happy man came through the door
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| Well a child is born (a child is born)
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| Somebody’s bout to die (somebody bout to die)
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| I dropped my head down (I dropped my head)
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| And I wonder why
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| (I wonder why)
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| I wonder why now
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| (I wonder why)
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| Two young boys (yeah)
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| Who make it day to day (yeah)
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| Making they mama saying
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| They was loading crates (yeah)
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| One boy grew up (yeah)
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| Hey be good (yeah)
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| And one boy became (yeah)
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| The terror of his own neighbourhood (yeah)
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| Well a new child is born (new child is born)
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| A new child is born (new child is born)
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| I wonder why
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| (Why, why, why)
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| Hey, hey, hey
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| I wonder why
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| (I wonder why)
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| A brave marine (yeah)
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| Sent to war (yeah)
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| He got to kill (yeah)
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| Or maybe die (yeah)
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| Yeah he lay on the beach (yeah)
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| With a on (yeah)
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| Maybe he even thought to cry (yeah)
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| Cause he’s shooting at people (shooting at people)
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| Shooting at people (shooting at people)
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| He never seen (he never seen)
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| Oh Lord (why, why, why)
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| Hey I wonder why
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| (I wonder why)
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| Oh yeah, I wonder why
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| I wonder why
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| (I wonder why)
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| (I wonder why) |