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Soldier Of Plenty

from I'll Always Sing by Betty and the Baby Boomers

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God is great, God is good
She guards your neighborhood
Though it's generally understood
Not quite the way you would

You try to take the slack
Stay awake and watch her back
But something happens every now and then
And someone breaks into the promised land

Ah boy boy
This world is not your toy
This world is long on hunger
This world is short on joy

A-E-I-O
You speak as if you know
What's good for everyone
What's good in what you've done?
What's good about a world in which
War rages at a fever pitch
And people die for the little things
A little corn, a little beans

Ah boy boy
This world is not your toy
This world is, this world is...
Long on hunger
Short on joy
How much longer
You gonna keep the world hungry, boy?

You measure peace with guns
Progress in mega-tons
Who's left when the war is won?
Soldier of misfortune
Soldier of an angry call
Soldier on foreign soil
I'm not here to fight your war
I know what you're fighting for

Ah boy boy
This world is not your toy
This world is, this world is...
Long on hunger
Short on joy
How much longer
You gonna keep the world hungry, boy?

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from I'll Always Sing, released January 1, 1992

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Betty and the Baby Boomers New Paltz, New York

An acoustic folk quintet from New York's Hudson Valley. Folk song magazine Sing Out! described the group as “a refreshing reminder of the halcyon days of American folk music” and the CD [Tumbling Through the Stream of Days] as “an enthusiastic testament to the sheer joy of singing and playing music.” ... more

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