Front Line

Stevie Wonder

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[Verse 1]
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 I am a veteran  of the war
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 I up and joined the army back in nineteen sixty four
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 At sixteen I just had to be a man at any cost
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 I volunteered for Vietnam where I got my leg shot off


[Pre-Chorus 1]
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 I recall a quote from a movie that said who's more a man
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 Than a man with a reason that's worth dying for


[Chorus 1]
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne, but now I stand at the
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Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head


[Verse 2]
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 They gave me a uniform and a tiny salty pill
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 To stop the big urge I might have for the wrong kind of thrill
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 They put a gun in my hand and said, shoot until he's dead
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 But it's hard to kill when 'please, I'm your friend' echoes through your head


[Pre-Chorus 2]
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Brought up in church taught no man should take another's life
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But then put in a jungle where life has no price


[Chorus 2]
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne, but now I stand at the
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Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head


[Bridge]
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 Back in the world the paper reads to-day
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 Another war is in the brewing
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 But what about the lives of yester-day and the
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Many happy families that have been ruined


[Verse 3]
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 My niece is a hooker and my nephew's a junkie too
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 But they say I have no right to tell them how they should do
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 They laugh and say quit bragging 'bout the war you should never have been in
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 But my mind is so brain-washed I'd probably go back and do it again


[Pre-Chorus 3]
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 I walk the neighborhood par-ading my purple heart
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 With a fear of agent orange that no one will stop


[Chorus 3]
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne, but now I stand at the
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Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne, but now I stand at the
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Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne
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 They had me stan-ding on the front  li-ne, but now I stand at the
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Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head


[Solo]
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[Outro]
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