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UNITED AS A SPECTRAL GHOST
UNITED AS A SPECTRAL GHOST
Always together, cried the Gemini twins since birth,
Together always bone of my bone flesh of flesh
Until you went to war and breastbone caught a slug
And we are all united as a spectral ghost
Always ta-ta, said the politicos who voted for the war
Off to the wild blue yonder war planes leave the deck
Always the hound dog brings back the fallen kill.
And we are all united as a spectral ghost
Out of the country and out of reason the bombs fall
Out of solutions embassies pack up and leave;
Out of answers trillions are added to the Pentagon budget.
And we are all united as a spectral ghost
Under the ground the fallen come home to rest
Under the same sky all continents are united
Under the carpet they withhold the truth of war.
And we are all united as a spectral ghost
Till every turtle is crushed in his shell
Till the last hound dog died that brought back a kill
Till every bone is united in the grave
And we are all united as a spectral ghost.
