I don’t think I have seen you since I left
I don’t think I remember your name
I don’t think between us there is anything left
I rather not talk if it’s all just the same
My memories are cloudy, but certainly don’t fret
I definitely recall who is to blame
Reconciliation is out of the question
Those who are guilty must live with themselves
Recognition of the situation
Truth is only there for them that delves
Fact segregation and new truth creation
Our strongest ambition
And goal for ourselves
Oh do you hear the howling . . .
That is the wolves in the hills
Oh do you taste the bitters . . .
That is war’s bloody pill
Mother this is your sorrow to swallow
Mother he was his country’s to kill
Mother you know nothing
Of liberty and sacrifice
Let me tell you something
Of the price of your way of life
I will not acknowledge that which I have done
I will hide behind reasons of the winnings of war
I will support the soldier’s still among the living
I will not recognize those who are among us no more
I don’t think I have seen you since I left
I don’t think I remember your name
I don’t think between us there is anything left
I rather not talk if it’s all just the same
Oh do you hear the howling . . .
That is the wolves in the hills
Oh do you taste the bitters . . .
That is war’s bloody pill
Gene G. McLaughlin 2005