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( Anti-war pro-peace song lyrics )
ONE MORE ZERO
Copyright © 2004 - MickTerry.com

She's a good woman. Wrinkles can tell a lot.
Raised three kids without a wedding band.
Finds herself humming, grateful for what she's got:
Now, three less sets of clothes to wash by hand.
She took it all in stride, but now her stride is breaking.
Is this all part of some great master plan?

Son and both daughters, signing up for the Guard
years before this conflict came to be.
Did what they oughta, wanting to do their part,
and then all three were ordered overseas.
She took it all with pride, but now her pride is breaking.
They all knew of the dangers that could be.

    What is ONE MORE ZERO on the casualties of war?
    What is ONE MORE mark on a sniper's gun?
    What is ONE MORE coffin that's delivered to your door?
    Are we ONE step closer to having won?

RPG mortar ended Susannah's life.
Nate was hit by snipers from above.
Suicide bomber, pedaling on a bike,
brought down Yvette, the third of their mother's love.
She took it all inside, but now her inside's breaking.
No Saving Private Ryan. No white gloves.

    CHORUS

        What's it going to take?
        How much more is needed?
        At what point do we say "enough's enough"?
        For our children's sake, when will we have succeeded?
        Each number is a life that has been snuffed.

    CHORUS

Copyright © 2004  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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3-19-08: 5th anniversary of Iraq war.
5-1-03: President George W. Bush declared the end of hostilities in Iraq.
U.S. military casualties there continue to rise.
A White House spokesman said, "It's just a number".

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THE NUKE'S A HAZARD
AMERICAN GRANDSLAM
ONCE THE DARK WINGS
NORTON ANTI-TERRORIST
I'M LOOKING FOR YOUNG MEN
RUNNING OUT OF VIRGINS IN HEAVEN
OOPS, WE BOMBED THE WRONG COUNTRY
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