Guttermouth

Where Was I?

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well, country's in the red soon we'll be dead no life, not even a flower cause atomic power scares the shit out of you there's nothing you can do undecided men bout a war you can't win hey, who would want to win the damn thing anyway, right boys?! children turn green the flowers die all the people are gone except i the atom bombs have exploded near where was i if i wasn't here? atomic was one way out nuclear was the final bout atomic war can destroy our race leave the earth in all but waste but, where was i when the trouble started? where was i when the two sides parted? where was i if i wasn't here? cause the atom bombs have exploded near but nothing's happened to me so...

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ice On Dec 17, 2001

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2001-12-17 00:25:40

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no comments? c'mon this is a classic

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