Lyric discussion by Nashington 

My view, and I think many will agree, the rich had a choice to send their children to war, the poor and middle class did not. 'Some folks are born, made to wave the flag', meaning once a child was born of a poor family, that was it, you were bound to go to war, no dispute. 'Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand', meaning the rich, born with a bit of money in your back pocket and you were safe from the horrors of war. All comes down to how awful the government were and still are. Thanks for reading.

@Nashington the silver spion in hand part is a reverence tot heroin i think. Since after that line he says that when the taxman comes they just sell everything they got.

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