Another of my songs written for February Album Writing Month.
Soldier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHf_4nbO5QSong File Name: Soldier
Tempo: 100
Key: D
Time Sig: 4/4
BB RealBass 387 Bass, Electric, Metal Ev 085.WAV
BB RealDrums-RockThrashHalfTimeEv16^1-ClH,CrR.WAV
BB RealPiano 1856 Cello, Background PopCountry Ev 085.WAV
BB RealGuitar 639 Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockThrash E.WAV
BB RealStrings 642 Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockThrashH.WAV
RT689 Organ, B3, Background Pop Ev 085.WAV
RT1839 Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopModernGrooveA-B Ev16 075.WAV
RT2643 Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopHardHighMurray Ev16.WAV
RT2644 Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopHardMurray Ev16 075.WAV
RT1530 Guitar, Electric, Soloist PopPower Ev 120.WAV
RT1835 Guitar, Electric, Soloist PopModernGrooveGritty Ev16 .WAV
SOLDIER
Inside the hut, a daughter born in pain.
Outside, her brother, semi-naked in the rain.
Another mouth to feed; his father shakes his graying head.
And points to someone else's hut, "No room here for your bed!"
And the boy someday wants to be a SOLDIER.
Around the family fire now, new mother gives her breast.
Father is out hunting; they squat hoping for the best.
The boy is almost starving, mother can't think what to say.
Returning empty-handed, Father tells him "Go away!"
And the boy someday wants to be a SOLDIER.
GUITAR SOLO
One night around the fire, the women sit and weave,
The boy is in the shadows, tired of all the scorn received.
He grabs a knife, he steals some food, he runs off through the trees.
He's heard about a strong man, and his band of devotees.
And the boy someday wants to be a SOLDIER.
For several days he makes his way and finds the youthful band,
The leader takes a shine to him, promotes him to command.
With gun and ax they make their tracks back to the young boy's town.
And there they rape and kill and finally burn the whole thing down.
The boy always wanted to be a SOLDIER.
OUTRO SOLO
© Jerry Pettit, 2017
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