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Hooray! We Won the War
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Somewhere the paths of glory got crossed. I'd hate to see where we'd be if we lost. The ones who claim victory won't bear the cost. But they're the ones that you'll hear the most, saying, "Hooray, we won the war."
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...somewhere between Shane McGowen and Bob Dylan. The voice is gravelly and the politics very definitely radical. IRISH VOICE ...folk-punk with working clas
...personal and political songs with an up-to-date street-tough sense... BOSTON GLOBE ...New York's answer to English folk-punk troubador Billy Bragg... L.A. TIMES Labor's Punk Songman...A Modern Day Son of Joe Hill... VILLAGE VOICE
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
Peak #342
Peak in subgenre #67
Author
Kirk Kelly
Rights
1998
Uploaded
August 28, 2004
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MP3 2.4 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
At the end of the cold war, corporate America was using footage of the Berlin wall falling to market its products and image.
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'Hooray, We Won the War' The deep and ugly scars of a war-weary nation Are borne by every race and generation. Somewhere the paths of glory got crossed. I'd hate to see where we'd be if we lost. The ones who claim victory won't bear the cost. But they're the ones that you'll hear the most, saying Hooray, hooray, hooray, we won the war. When you see the broken bodies lying all around, And the buildings and bridges and schools a-tumbling down. Just remember we did the right thing. It's the price that you pay to let freedom ring. So as we enjoy what victory brings We'll all join our voices together and sing Hooray, hooray, hooray, we won the war. So the next time the fascists come crying and waving my flag I'll read them this list of thing that we might have had For all of the money that might have been spared For AIDS research and its victims care For clothes for all of the backs that are bare For homes for those that have nowhere And how 'bout clean water And how 'bout health care The time has come for us to dare To say to hell with the rockets red glare To live in hope and not in fear And only then I'll join the cheer That's when you'll hear me loud and clear Saying Hooray, Hooray, Hooray Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray we won the war.
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