| Johnny got drafted to Vietnam,
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| To fight in the rock and roll war.
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| He came home on a long summer train,
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| Never knew what he was dyin' for.
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| Just another lesson that the world learned a little too late.
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| That’s just the way it was in the summer of '68.
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| Martin got shot down in Memphis,
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| And the world went a little insane.
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| Angry people out in the streets,
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| And the cities were all in flames.
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| Just another sacrifice to prejudice, evil, and hate.
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| But that’s just the way it was in the summer of '68.
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| The flower generation thought that they could change the world,
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| They got lost somewhere along the way.
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| You can’t change the world if you don’t face reality.
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| Turnin' on and droppin' out just ain’t what life is all about.
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| Some folks burned their draft cards,
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| And some folks broke the rules.
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| Some went off to Canada, and some went off to school.
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| And some folks blew their minds so bad,
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| They couldn’t even concentrate.
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| But that’s just the way it was in the summer of '68.
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| The world just keeps on spinnin' and the years keep rushin' by.
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| Evil never takes a holiday.
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| Winds of war keep blowin',
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| And the Left still hates the Right.
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| Things are really gettin' crazy;
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| Save the whales and kill the babies.
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| The sun was shining and the sky was blue,
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| On that bright September day.
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| When death came in on silver wings,
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| Things wouldn’t ever be the same.
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| Just another sacrifice to prejudice, evil, and hate.
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| And that’s just the way it was in the summer of '68.
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| In the summer of '68.
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| In the summer of '68. |