I used to fall to sleep at night
To the protest songs that my mom would write
I'd close my eyes and lay in bed she told me how they shot John Lennon dead
She'd sing about a foreign land, a place that they call Vietnam
18-year-old kids carrying guns in their hands
I wasn't old enough to understand
I wasn't old enough to know
I didn't understand that war
But if understanding comes with age
I don't ever want to grow
Dylan said that times would change
How come everything's the same
Mama says boy, you're a man
I still don't understand
My teacher said under your desk
But remember this is just a test
We got to be prepared for when the Reds come
Baby I was scared
Now Mama said hate had made the Berlin wall
She said love's what made it fall
Now dropping bombs is protocol
And I still don't understand at all
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I watched my brother say goodbye
Made his wife and his babies cry
They weren't old enough to understand
Why their daddy might never come home again
Now Mama says that I'm full of wisdom
But I'm more confused than I ever was
They say we need more money for war
But all we need is a little more
Little more love
And I'm not old enough to know
And I don't understand this war
But if understanding comes with age
Then I don't ever wanna grow
Mama says boy you're a man
I still don't understand
Lyrics Submitted by Mundy