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Jimmy wasn't really popular
He had a couple of friends back home
Sooner or later they're all gettin' out
So he had to join up alone
He was dreamin' of the ivy leagues
Since he was only three feet tall
Get the hell out of Jersey
And then he would never look back at all
And then you hear em' say
That miles away
We lost another one that we sent with a gun
They're gonna miss him
He was two weeks from twenty
And there's still no shame
From the man to blame
Jimmy never had a reason to stay
Cause all the factories shut down
All he had was a line for his name
So he could sign away his right to be proud
He tried to kiss her on the way out the door
She just put her little hand on his face
I don't understand why you're leavin', she said
But I hope you're gonna ask me to wait
And then you hear em' say
That miles away
We lost another one that we sent with a gun
His lady missed him
He was two weeks from twenty
And there's still no shame
From the man to blame
Jimmy's mother went to capitol hill
So she could fill her heart up with joy
Maybe shake a few hands while she's there
And tell em' thank you sir for takin' my boy
And then you hear em' say
That miles away
We lost another one that we sent with a gun
His momma missed him
He was two weeks from twenty
And there's still no shame
From the man to blame
No there's still no shame
And we're all to blame
We're all to blame
We're all to blame
We're all to blame
We're all to blame
He had a couple of friends back home
Sooner or later they're all gettin' out
So he had to join up alone
He was dreamin' of the ivy leagues
Since he was only three feet tall
Get the hell out of Jersey
And then he would never look back at all
And then you hear em' say
That miles away
We lost another one that we sent with a gun
They're gonna miss him
He was two weeks from twenty
And there's still no shame
From the man to blame
Jimmy never had a reason to stay
Cause all the factories shut down
All he had was a line for his name
So he could sign away his right to be proud
He tried to kiss her on the way out the door
She just put her little hand on his face
I don't understand why you're leavin', she said
But I hope you're gonna ask me to wait
And then you hear em' say
That miles away
We lost another one that we sent with a gun
His lady missed him
He was two weeks from twenty
And there's still no shame
From the man to blame
Jimmy's mother went to capitol hill
So she could fill her heart up with joy
Maybe shake a few hands while she's there
And tell em' thank you sir for takin' my boy
And then you hear em' say
That miles away
We lost another one that we sent with a gun
His momma missed him
He was two weeks from twenty
And there's still no shame
From the man to blame
No there's still no shame
And we're all to blame
We're all to blame
We're all to blame
We're all to blame
We're all to blame
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"Jimmy's mother went to capitol hill so she could fill her heart up with joy.
Maybe shake a few hands while she's there, and tell em' thank you sir for takin' my boy"
Like....
Is there a specific reason they chose it, or was it random?
(When I first listened to it, I thought it might be about gay bashing because of that. >_> )
and whatever you interpret from the song are not necessarily the views of yellowcard.
so stfu
I know that comment was a year old
and I would like to show that I actually did
finish the 1st grade
(I DIDNT FINISH THE SECOND GRADE, BUT IM WORKING ON IT!)
and I'm not as stupid as
my comment looked.
first of, I don't even know why my grammar was so
horrible, probably because I was really angry and didn't
take time to spell check.
(you can all laugh at the republican now)
SECONDLY,
I AM IN NO WAY A REDNECK.
because I have an opinion
that differs from yours, I'm automatically
a redneck? isn't that a little 'red neck' itself?
as in being unaccepting?
huh.
and,
ilovehoratio
it's sad but true that
sometimes war is inevitable,
like the civil war, if we didn't fight the south
we would probably still have slaves.
isnt it th end of bush's term soon..
like that thing where they only get two terms.. n hopefully OBAMA will get elected....
you guys r lucky in that sense... look how long it took for us to get rid of howard........
i was reading this stuff.. then it started playing on my ipod :P
mm.... one of my friends told me it was about like a footy plyer or summat????
i always thought it was about the war.. and quite a good song too...
im not gonna get involved in that old debate either... just coz im aussie.. we got the same isues heere tho.....
onething: WAR IS NEVER THE ANSWER... NEVER.........
peace
x
dnask8 YOU'RE a fucking GENIUS k
Yeah he is right, people are fighting over in Iraq and everywhere so you can have a right to say THAT you don't have any respect for them. If they weren't [FIGHTING] you'd have to keep your fuckinG OPINION to YOURSELF. Bush is trying to help the people there. THEY'RE are the ones who are bombing us! Dipshits.
So what do you expect? Just do nothing?
He helped them have a fucking ELECTION to vote for whoMever they want! He's trying to make them free people; dumbasses, so i guess if your anti-Bush
your anti-FREEDOM!
I went through that quickly and could have missed some, but that covers the obvious ones.
"so what do you expect? just do nothing?
he helped them have a fucking allection to vote for whoever they want !"
For someone who spells election as ALLECTION, you obviously don't deserve to talk about war, freedom or george w bush. go back to grade 1 and learn how to spell first before you start ranting about your red neck opinions