Lyrics - Everywhere by Billy Bragg

Dig in boys for an extended stay
Those were the final orders to come down that day
Waiting to be saved in the
Philippines
You'll wait forever for the young
Marines
Now
I believe to be here is right
But
I have to say that
I'm scared tonight
Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand
What comes firstthe country or the man
Look at those slanted eyes coming up over the hill
Catching us by supriseit's time to kill or be killed
Over hereover thereit's the same everywhere
A boy cries out for his mama before he dies for his home
All my life
I wanted to be
As clever and strong as my best friend
Lee
We grew up together along half
Moon
Bay
Lee was
Japaneseborn in the
USAWhen
Tommy was fighting
Jerry along the
River
Seine
Me and
Lee we wanted to do the same
Then they bombed
Pearl
Harbor at the break of day
I was headed for these islands when
Lee was hauled away
They said look at his slanted eyeshe's guilty as guilty can be
Sent here as enemy spies to sabotage the
Land of the
Free
I never got homemy platoon was never saved
That little fox hole became my island grave
Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained
Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain
And they said
Oh
Little
Slanted
Eyescan't you forgive and forget
And he said
Oh
Mr
Friendly
Ghost
Can you catch water in a net?

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