Charlie Boy

The Lumineers

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   Charlie boy, don't go to war, first born in forty-four
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   Kennedy made him believe we could do much more
   
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   Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
   
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   Lillian, don't hang your head, love should make you feel good
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   In uniform you raised a man, who vol-un-teered to stand
   
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   Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
   
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R: Play the bugle, play the taps and
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   Make your mothers proud
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   Raise your rifles to the sky boys
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   Fire that volley loud
   
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   News was bad on Upland Ave, my touch and mourn our loss
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   Sons rebelled, while fathers yelled, 
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   and moth-ers clutched the cross
   
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   Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
   
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