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After the War
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Freedom, Moving On

After the War

There are jobs to be taken and schools to be filled.

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David schell
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After the War

After the war, they returned to their lives.
The put down their guns and kissed their new wives.
There are kids to be born  and houses to build.
There are jobs to be  taken and schools to be filled.

After the war, after the week and the summer rain,
there is a swim meet and picnic and a baseball game,
the the next job and mortgage and th…

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