Tom O'BrienLet's Play War Acoustic progressive melodic

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Totally retro soul, power to the people kind of song. Everything: Tom O'Brien

I was 6 in 1969 near Berkeley, California, where the hippies were busy changing the world. I looked up to them and wanted to be like them. But at the same time, we were little kids who played with army men who carried make-believe bazookas and make-believe machine guns and saw Vietnam on the news every night.

I was a hippy for Halloween 1969 My sisters dressed me in long, black hair Carried me a protest sign I didn't know what the war was for I only played with my army men Getting killed in a make-believe war Setting them back up again An resurrection was an option For the small, green plastic man Getting killed by cat's-eye marbles The caprices of my hand And resurrection was an option That the real ones never had Black and white could show the red blood just as bad We lived just south of the Berkeley line Where the smell of teargas was in the air And G.I. Joe was a friend of mine But, I dug the cats with the long, long hair And so we shot with our plastic guns Made in Korea and in Japan And shooting neighbors was so much fun We didn't think about the yellow man (Chorus) And all the singers sang the songs Of peace and harmony And I knew down in my heart That they were singing just for me (Chorus) x

Song Comments Whisperin Pines rockin' chorus, many vivid details, kudos... Over The Moon Two An inspired song Tom.