Let me tell you the story of a soldier named Dan Went out to fight the good fight in South Vietnam Went out to fight for peace, liberty and all Went out to fight for equality, hope, let's go

And the war drags on

Found himself involved in a sea of blood and bones Millions without faces, without hope and without homes And the guns they grew louder as they made dust out of bones That the flesh had long since left just as the people left their homes

And the war drags on

They're just there to try and make the people free But the way that they're doin' it, it don't seem like that to me Just more blood letting and misery and tears That this poor country's known for the last twenty years

And the war drags on

Last night, poor Dan had a nightmare it seems One kept occurrin' and reoccurrin' in his dreams Cities full of people burnin', screamin', shoutin' loud And right there overhead, a great orange mushroom cloud

And there's no more war For there's no, no more world And the tears come streaming down Yes, I lie crying on the ground