The Web Poetry Corner - Hardy Parkerson - What Are We Fightin' For?
What Are We Fightin' For?
by
Hardy Parkerson
O, they took me out of school
And sent me up to Fort Leonard Wood.
They taught me about Charlie
And how he was no good.
O, they taught me how to shoot a gun
And how to win the war,
But they never, ever told me
What we were fightin' for.