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Hello Old Friend
- An Anti-War Song Sung by Mitch Renkow -
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In keeping with our views on the war with Iraq and as artists who feel a need to express these views in the best way we can, we have recorded this new song against war written by Mitch Renkow and Don Johnson.

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20K  Mono   1.24 MB 64K   Stereo  2.18 MB 128K  Stereo  4.32 MB
40K  Stereo  1.92 MB 132K Stereo  4.49 MB 256K  Stereo  8.56 MB
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This song is free for those want to use it for personal use or for peaceful protest. For any other use, please contact us.
  Recorded at Lloyd St. Studios, Carrboro NC. Sound Engineering - Jesse Olley.


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Hello Old Friend Lyrics
(D. Johnson/M. Renkow ©2003)


Hello old friend
What you been doing between now and then?
Can't say I'm happy about you coming round here again
Telling tales of heroes, foes and friends

You've been here before
Now you're back and standing grinning at my door
Come to take the children off to foreign lands once more
Off to fight the war to end all wars

Mama knew you well
You took Daddy away to a living hell
What went over there he would never tell
Some came back and some just lay where they fell

A yellow moon and a blood red sun, mothers moan and children run
They punctuate the night with screams as sirens wail in broken dreams
Of shattered glass and bits of stone, tattered clothing, bone on bone
Burning flesh, stinging eyes, boiling river and a flash of sky
Every daughter, every son, gone to slaughter everyone

Spring will come again some day
But only after the price has been paid
And your memory's just a distant haze again
After we've won the war to end all wars again

     
 

- Peace -
©2003 Off The Road Band