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Why do people go to war?

Folks go to war for water
they go to war for oil...
sometimes it seems
they go to war
when tempers start to boil…

To steal land from the neighbors
war is just another way…
some folks will swear
God told them to
what an awful thing to say…

In the end it's pretty simple, kids
and just 'tween you and me…
mostly people go to war
because they disagree…

Their Mamas never taught them
to work their problems out...
to get together
with each other
to talk, instead of shout...



Author's Note
Written for cold_fusion's comp, "why do people go to war".
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