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Letter to a Young Soldier I Love

from If​.​.​. by tidelands

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Won’t you lay your arms down, come back and hold on to me
I promise love and sympathy

Deny the stripes for they will impose on you
You know they take away your right to choose
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Put away your armor, your strength we’ll need back home
Your bravery both honored and absolved

We’ll have two children named Isis and Sam
He’ll play guitar and she will dance

It’s not your war
Leave those poor folks alone
It’s not your war
Leave it and come back
It’s not your war
Won’t you leave those poor folks alone
It’s not your war
Leave it and come back home

I’ll see you clear through this
I know that believing is the hardest part
You do not owe me
I’ll be there when you need
A friend to cry with on the lonely nights
You do not owe me
I do it freely
I do it for you

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from If​.​.​., released July 26, 2011

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tidelands San Francisco, California

Tidelands is the musical collaboration between songwriter / guitar and flugelhorn player Gabriel Montana Leis and drummer / keyboardist Mie Araki. Sharp poignant songs with poetic lyrics are uniquely arranged with looped guitars and vocals, glorious horns, Moog synth bass lines, and boy / girl harmonies. ... more

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