One More Parade

By Phil Ochs (1964)

Hup, two, three, four, marching down the street

Rolling of the drums and the trampin' of the feet

Generals salute and mothers wave and weep

Here comes the big parade

Don't be afraid

Price is paid

One more parade

So young, so strong, so ready for the war

So willing to die upon a foreign shore

All march together, everybody looks the same

So there is no one you can blame

Don't be ashamed

Light the flame

One more parade

Listen for the sound and listen for the noise

Listen for the thunder of the marching boys

A few years ago their guns were only toys

Here comes the big parade

Don't be afraid

Price is paid

One more parade

So young, so strong, so ready for the war

So willing to die upon a foreign shore

All march together, everybody looks the same

So there is no one you can blame

Don't be ashamed

Light the flame

One more parade

Medals on their coats and guns in their hands

Trained to kill as they're trained to stand

10,000 ears need only one command

Here comes the big parade

Don't be afraid

Price is paid

One more parade

So young, so strong, so ready for the war

So willing to die upon a foreign shore

All march together, everybody looks the same

So there is no one you can blame

Don't be ashamed

Light the flame

One more parade

Cold hard stares on faces so proud

Kisses from the girls and cheers from the crowd

And the widows from the last war cry into their shroud

Here comes the big parade

Don't be afraid

Price is paid

Don't be ashamed

War is a game

World in flames

So start the parade