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Just Like Clockwork

by The June Bugs

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I was about 40 years old when I realized foreign war is as much an enduring fact of life as the stock market cycles. And probably not unrelated.

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Just Like Clockwork (Sam Arthur)

I’m no longer young and I’m not quite old
Feeling like I’ve seen this before
Just like clockwork every 20 years
Seems like we’re fighting a war.

It’s a powerful delusion; it’s the pride of man
That makes the past so easy to ignore
Just like clockwork every 20 years
Seems like we’re fighting a war.

We don’t always start it; we don’t always win it
Sometimes we plan it; more often fall in it
Just like clockwork every 20 years
Seems like we’re fighting a war.

The war to end all wars was fought
Nearly a century ago
Each hard-fought victory plows the field
For the next conflict to grow

The good guys won; the bad guys are gone
So why does the cycle flow on and on?
Just like clockwork every 20 years
Seems like we’re fighting a war.

A mother holds her flag and cries, “Was it for this my baby died?”

Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate
The effort to set me free
And the sacrifice that purchased my unalienable right
To drive an SUV

And this is what we trade for the blood of man
Air conditioning and a cell phone plan
We use up the oil that began the war
And we find the energy to start one more
Just like clockwork every 20 years
Seems like we’re fighting a war.

Just like clockwork…

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released February 10, 2016
Words and music: Sam Arthur
Lead vocal: Sam Arthur

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The June Bugs Wilmington, Delaware

Sam and Lou played in a rock band for 10 years and finally concluded rock & roll is a young man's game. However a banjo player can be 95 years old and still have credibility, so they switched to folk, bluegrass and gospel. They asked Lisa to sing with them because their voices both stunk and hers was very good. The name "The June Bugs" was chosen after an extensive free-association-by-email. ... more

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