The Captain
CAPTAIN, WHAT DO YOU THINK, I ASKED,
OF THE PART YOUR SOLDIERS PLAY?
THE CAPTAIN ANSWERED, I DO NOT THINK,
I DO NOT THINK, I OBEY!
DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD SHOOT A
PATRIOT DOWN & HELP A TYRANT SLAY?
THE CAPTAIN ANSWERED, I DO NOT THINK,
I DO NOT THINK, I OBEY!
DO YOU THINK YOUR CONSCIENCE WAS
MEANT TO DIE & YOUR BRAINS TO ROT AWAY?
THE CAPTAIN ANSWERED, I DO NOT THINK,
I DO NOT THINK, I OBEY!
THEN IF THIS IS YOUR SOLDIERS CODE,
I CRIED, YOUR A MEAN UNMANLY CREW,
AND FOR ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT, GUNS,
AND BRAID, I'M MORE OF A MAN THAN
YOU. FOR WHAT EVER MY LOT ON
EARTH MAY BE AND WHETHER I SWIM
OR SINK, I CAN SAY WITH PRIDE-
I DO NOT OBEY-I DO NOT OBEY-I THINK!
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