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from Peace by Ars Pro Vita

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about

“Being called a traitor by some people is the highest honor you can give to a soldier.”
(John McCain)

lyrics

It's a very hot day
In a damn warm country
Ireland has a mild weather, even cold
But not so cold
As what’s going on in the world

We are, me and my mates
In Jadotville, in a mining outpost
In the middle of a bloody coup d'état
Assigned to an UN mission
To hold the line
“HOLD YOUR LINE”

After five days of intense shooting
Tired and hurt, I thought:
”This is odd…this is odd…
We are fighting soldiers from Congo, Rhodesia
French legionaries
Many of them mercenaries…"

CHORUS I
Oh, UN, so proud of your attainments
What are you up to and with whom?
The world still believes in you
Will you let these men die in blue?

The UN had decided
To forget us
All alone with our fate

Bravely we fought, stronger was the enemy
All the ammo we spent, using each round twice
At the end of the day, we had to surrender
We were jailed for a month in a filthy hole

We waited for help but it never came
“It was just a mistake on the chessboard”
Eventually they would say
One day

"A" Company, one hundred fifty soldiers
We all survived, only five wounded
We killed three hundred and injured one thousand more
When we got home, no gratitude was granted
A nonsense! We were treated as traitors and cowards

CHORUS II
Oh, UN, so proud of your attainments
What were you up to and with whom?
To let all these men die in blue?
(This time, no one died, but)

CHORUS III
Oh, UN, you’re so proud of your attainments
What were you up to and with whom?
Will you let other men die in blue, again?
We, the world, are watching you…

We are soldiers
We follow orders
In combat there are two types of men:
The allies and the enemies
But in certain battles there is another type of men:
The traitors
In Jadotville we saw the best and the worst
And believe me
You would rather face an armed enemy
Than a liar in a suit and tie - he's the most dangerous

credits

from Peace, released June 1, 2020
Vocals: PJ Venegas
Percussion: Mike Mitchell
Storytelling: Kevin Brennan
Music and lyrics by Ars Pro Vita

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