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The story of Joe's son, Scud's, death in the war.

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SOLDIERS
Yo! This is the white house mix,
So come on up and get your fix
Back from K.P.
We were just chillin’ ‘till duty.
Took his back, pulled the slack,
While Scud went lookin’ for some booty
Saw a Sari Girl. This is the 3rd world
He got adrenaline
He got his glory in the end, Yo.

SOLDIERS & ANGELS
We’re so sad,
Mrs. Bean,
we’re so sorry,
we’re so sorry
Not a lot
we can say
“Friendly fire”
that’s the story
Black smoke,
Stop Scud!
Couldn’t see,
burning tires.
Scud got pop popped
It was not
our desire-ire

SOLDIERS
We had the hummer doing muckus
It was ruckus
We were shootin’ at the Sheiks
And they were shootin’ back at us
We got the order not to shoot
And to dispatch
With the chemical suits
Scud was preachin’ to the choir
When a round of friendly fire
Came across the dunes
It was from our own platoon
The Chaplan got us all to pray
And Scud told us what to say
He didn’t mind,
he didn’t mind it that way

credits

from The Suffering of Joe Bean, released December 12, 2012
(Music & Lyrics by Mark Nichols*)
Vocals: Patrick Bradshaw, Johnathan Ortiz, Brandan Belieu,
Percussion: Jarrod Kaplan
Guitars: Kevin Veatch, Mark Nichols
Backups: Julie Lewis, Mari Finch
Bass: Steve Newton
*Thanks to Steven Villegas
for suggesting this song!

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Mark Nichols Bellingham, Washington

Is a writer, composer, and filmmaker
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