What I Was Fighting For

from SW:S Tennessee Online Reunion by SongwritingWith:Soldiers

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WHAT I WAS FIGHTING FOR
Hope Ross / Mary Gauthier

I could become my mother, or I could try be more
I signed up at seventeen, a private, training for a war
M-16’s, grenades, AR’s, tear gas and more
They taught us how to kill, but never told us what we were
fighting for

Were we fighting for truth were we fighting for a lie?
Were we fighting for freedom were we fighting for our lives?
Were we fighting to be fighting just because we were at war?
I guess we’ll never know what we were fighting for

My buddy Christopher’s boy was only five years old when he deployed
That same son died in action this year, in the same damn war
Day after day year after year, on and on
The fighting never stops but they don’t know what they’re fighting for

Are they fighting for truth are they fighting for a lie
Are they fighting for freedom, are they fighting for their lives
Are they fighting to be fighting because we were at war?
I guess we’ll never know what they’re fighting for

Was I fighting for truth was I fighting for a lie?
Was I fighting for freedom was I fighting for my life?
Was I fighting to be fighting, because we were at war?
I guess I’ll never know what I was fighting for

Was I fighting to be fighting, because we were at war?
I guess I’ll never know what I was fighting for

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from SW:S Tennessee Online Reunion, released November 10, 2020

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