The Water and Salt Stew

©2002 Garrett Clevenger

Bm Water and salt drip from their eyes.

E Bm A pain’s in their heart, but that’s no surprise.

E Bm In the planes that soar into the sky are the

D E Bm men who said, “Goodbye.”

Bm Courage and strength and discipline, too.

E Bm And orders to fight ‘til the war is through.

E Bm Armed with everything a soldier could use.

D E Bm Who can stop this fuse?

E G Behind the smoke where the enemy waits.

C E Trying to hide from the tide of Fate.

G D E Drawing a line deep into the sand.

G D High above, a warrior dove,

C E circles closer in the spirit of

G D A enforcement of peace and liberty.

G A Bm

Bm What kind of man would devote his life,

E Bm poisoning the world with fear and strife,

E Bm developing weapons at such a price?

D E Bm Does his heart beat shards of ice?

Bm Chemical weapons now are ready to go.

E Bm Biologicals and nuclears glow.

E Bm If they corner the maniac why wouldn’t he throw

D E Bm a missile to start the show?

E G What is the last thought to pass through their mind,

C E lying below the sun ‘til they die,

G D E crying tears alone in a foreign land?

G D Screams of pain are drowned by a plane,

C E dropping bombs that feed the flame,

G D A freezing another’s heart with misery.

G A Bm

Bm Water and salt drip from their eyes.

E Bm There’s a pain in their heart, but that’s no surprise.

E Bm For the souls that soar into the sky

D E Bm never said, “Goodbye.”

Bm When will we kill the cycle of death?

E Bm For hatred grows stronger with every breath.

E Bm Vengeance will rule us forever unless

D E Bm we forgive those who trespass.

E Bm The water and salt stew may be our best chance

D E Bm to purify who’s left.