[Verse 1]
A quarter after 2
Sitting in my car, watching, waiting on a train
Ninety-seven flatcars
Loaded down with troop trucks and tanks
Rolling by
[Chorus]
I'm twenty-one and I'm scared as hell
I quit school, I was healthy as a horse
Because of all that I'll be the first one to die in a war
[Verse 2]
The whole damn town was sleeping
Dreaming the same dream
The radio was playing
Roger McGuinn singing
"To each and every thing there's a time and a season"
[Chorus]
I'm twenty-one and I'm scared as hell
I quit school, I was healthy as a horse
Because of all that I'll be the first one to die in a war
[Bridge]
Yes, I have the right to say
We all die anyway
But I'd just like to know
Where does my dying go?
What for?
What for?
[Verse 1]
A quarter after 2
Sitting in my car, watching, waiting on a train
Ninety-seven flatcars
Loaded down with troop trucks and tanks
Rolling by
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