Anthem For Doomed Youth-10,000 Maniacs

[ti:Anthem For Doomed Youth] [ar:10,000 Maniacs] [al:Hope Chest] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Anthem For Doomed Youth - 10,000 Maniacs [00:13.64]For whom the bells toll [00:15.43]When sentenced to die [00:16.76]The stuttering rifles [00:18.00]Will stifle the cry [00:19.84]The monstrous anger [00:21.35]The fear's rapid rattle [00:22.50] [00:23.17]A desert inferno [00:24.83]Kids dying like cattle [00:26.09] [00:32.54]Don't tell me [00:33.37]We're not prepared [00:34.30] [00:36.09]I've seen today's marine [00:37.36] [00:38.41]He's eighteen and he's eager [00:40.47] [00:42.50]He can be quite mean [00:44.03] [00:45.58]No mock'ries for them [00:47.33]No prayers or bells [00:48.85]The demented choirs [00:50.26]The wailing of shells [00:51.94]The boys holding candles [00:53.42]On untraveled roads [00:55.21]The fear spreads like fire [00:56.90]As shrapnel explodes [00:58.01] [01:04.58]I think it's wrong [01:05.77]To conscript our youth [01:06.72] [01:08.22]Against their will [01:09.14] [01:10.87]When plenty of our citizenry [01:12.96] [01:14.53]Really like to kill [01:15.88] [01:57.41]What sign posts will lead [01:58.85]To armageddon's fires [02:00.58]What bugles will call them [02:02.16]From crowded grey shires [02:03.19] [02:03.72]The women sit quiet [02:05.30]With death on their minds [02:06.51] [02:07.05]A slow dusk descending [02:08.53]The drawing of blinds [02:09.76] [02:16.37]Make the hunters all line up [02:18.13] [02:19.76]It's their idea of fun [02:21.17] [02:22.10]And let those be forgiven [02:23.78] [02:25.25]Who never owned a gun [02:27.25] [02:29.64]Was it him or me [02:31.51]Or the wailing of the dead [02:33.45] [02:34.91]The laughing soldiers [02:36.67]Cast their lots [02:38.15]And you can cut the dread