I met a young soldier
He said his name was Killer Kyle
He was shakin' all over
Like a night-frightened child
This is his story
It's a tough one for me to sing
Hard as the squawk and the flap
And the beat of, the beat of black wings
They gave me a gun, he said
They gave me a mission
For the power and the glory
Propaganda piss on 'em
There's a war zone inside me
I can feel things exploding
I can't even hear the fucking music playing
For the beat of, the beat of black wings
He said, I never had nothin'
Nothin' I could believe in
My girl killed our unborn child
Without even grievin'
I put my hands on her belly
To feel the kid kickin', damn
She'd been to some clinic
Oh, the beat of black wings
They want you, they need you
They train you to kill
To be a pin on some map
Some vicarious thrill
The old hate the young
That's the whole heartless thing
The old pick the wars, we die in 'em
To the beat of, the beat of black wings
There's a man drawing pictures
On the sidewalk with chalk
Just as fast as he draws 'em
Rain come down and wash 'em off
Keep the drinks comin' girl
'Til I can't feel anything
I'm just a chalk mark in a rainstorm
I'm just the beat of black wings
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- Club 47
- Woman in the East
- Miscellaneous
- Legendary FM Broadcasts - Nippon Budokan, Japan 7th March...
- Gentle On My Mind (Live - La Oct 18Th 1970) [Remastered]
- Newport Folk Festival 19th July 1969 (Live FM Radio...
- Shadows And Light
- Miles Of Aisles
- Both Sides Now (Remastered) [Live - Second Fret,...
- Blue
- Ghosts
- Big Yellow Taxi
- 1972-02-23: New York, NY, USA
- Live in Hawaii 1973
- Girls and Guitars
- The Kids Are All Right
- Rock Steady
- Court and Spark
- Ladies of the Canyon
- Some Love Songs