I Mind My Own Business lyrics

I MIND MY OWN BUSINESS
by Pete Seeger
tune: I once loved a lass

King Henry marched forth, a sword in his hand
Two thousand horsemen all at his command
In a fortnight the rivers ran red through the land
The year, fifteen hundred and twenty

The year is now nineteen sixty five
It`s easier far to stay alive
Just keep your mouth shut while the planes zoom and dive
Ten thousand miles over the ocean

Simon was drafted in sixty-three
In sixty-four, sent over the sea
Last month this letter he sent to me
He said, `You won`t like what I`m saying`

He said, We`ve no friends here, no hardly a one
We`ve got a few generals who just want our guns
But it will take more than them if we`re ever to win
Why, we`ll have to flatten the country

It`s my own troops I have to watch out for, he said
I sleep with a pistol right under my head
He wrote this last month, last week he was dead
And Simon came home in a casket

I mind my own business, I watch my TV
Complain about taxes, but pay anyway
In a civilized manner, my forefathers betray
Who long ago struggled for freedom

But each day a new headline screams at my bluff
On TV some general says, `We must be tough`
In my dreams I stare at this family I love
All gutted and spattered with napalm

King Henry marched forth, a sword in his hand
Two thousand horsemen all at his command
In a fortnight the rivers ran red through the land
The year, fifteen hundred and twenty

The year is now nineteen sixty five
It`s easier far to stay alive
Just keep your mouth shut while the planes zoom and dive
Ten thousand miles over the ocean

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