Some people are born to be soldiers They're the ones who answer the call We gratefully accept their service To stand up and fight for us all We send them off to do our bidding And if i were a fly on the wall I'd hate to see even one soldier Die for nothing at all I had a friend who was a soldier We sat out on my front lawn He said i don't know why i'm going Or what it is to be done I mean isn't it their country Who are we to be butting in He went off to the jungle And i never did see him again Some people aren't born to be soldiers But they end up soldiers anyway Me i was never a soldier And i don't regret it today Some people are born to be spectators They stand on the sidelines and cheer They're never the ones who are going But they support it, year after year They invest in the oil and the weapons Make deals in the fine marble halls And when the soldiers come home broken They give them back nothing at all Some people say how 'bout a little something To support the men and women over there Some public statement it's the right thing Some patriotic words of prayer Then why are they only called heroes When their names end up on some wall? I pray those born to be heroes Don't die for nothing at all Some people are born to survive it To watch their brothers in arms fall Me i was never a soldier And i don't regret it at all Some people are born to be soldiers Civilians tell them what to do Where to go and who to kill And especially who to answer to They fight the good fights and the bad fights So we can all think we're standing tall 'Cause we hate to see even one soldier Die for nothing at all