If you wanted to, you could just settle down
But you'd rather just waste away
Button up, shut up, and turn your life around
What would it take to get this started?
If you wanted to, you could just settle down
But you'd rather just waste away
Button up, shut up, and turn your life around
What will it take to get this started?

Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today
Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today

If you wanted to, you could just start it up
Well, just start it up
Let's get started (x4)

If you wanted to, if you wanted to
Just start it up
Let's get started

Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today
(Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today)
Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today
(Blood scattered on a, blood scattered on a)
Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today
(Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today)
Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today

It's five o' clock
It means it's time to start growing up
You'd rather waste away, you'd rather waste away
You're 22, but you've got nothing much to show for it
You'd rather waste away

And if you wanted to, you could just start it up
Well, just start it up
Let's get started
If you wanted to you could just start it up
Well, just start it up

Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today
(Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today)
Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today
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Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today
(Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today)
Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today
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Blood scattered on a
Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war
Blood scattered on a
Blood scattered on a
Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war
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Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war
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Blood scattered on a Boy Scouts war today


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    it's not "blood scattered on the boy scouts floor today", it's "Blood scattered on the boy scouts war today", I only know that for a fact because I asked the band!!!

    Astularon June 16, 2007   Link

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