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Connor Wilson

Connor Wilson (born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 18 December 1996) is a South African Alpine Skier. He was the sole athlete competing for South Africa at the 2018 Winter Olympics. more »

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In 1957 daddy sold the family farm and we moved to Detroit
Had us putting helicopter blades on cargo trains to rail out west
Bossman said "Boy your still young! You can buy back your family farm
Just keep boxing dem blades work your ass off all day and don't break your arm"

Ten years gone by I worked my way up the trade
And that money had been made
And the farm was almost paid
When my number was called
It was tango time
All my hard work was gone
They're shipping me to Nam

I dont wana fight no more ive done my time wont you let me go
Meet the face of the voice on the 99 news on that pawnshop radio
I dont wana fight no more ive done my time wont you let me go
Settle down somewhere with a headful of hair on a rusty creek pork

So the helicopter blades took their turn
In carrying me out west
Gave me a rifle to use
And told me to shoot at any plant that moved

There was this boy
Too young
To carry a gun
And he drowned
His gear weighed him down
All the way to the ground
As we crossed the swamp

Then the jungle came alive
And the devil himself had to hide his eyes
And fire rained down from above
As bullets kissed the air

I dont wana fight no more ive done my time wont you let me go
Meet the face of the voice on the 99 news on that pawnshop radio
I dont wana fight no more ive done my time wont you let me go
Settle down somewhere with a headful of hair on a rusty creek pork

And three years went by
Of snake bites and full auto blood
When I lost my leg taking a piss on an old landmine

So they sent me home all alone and I wheeled off the plane in my uniform
Someone called me a baby killer

I waived for a taxi
But he flicked me off
I said I just did what I was told
He told me that I was soft

I tried to find a high up job
But I couldn't walk
The smoke alarm went off one night
And I choked my landlord's dog

So I rolled off in the street
Dirtier than Vietnam
And I dreamt of the native hostage starving
Blind barefoot boys building bombs

And the homeless shelter box fan blades
Pumped adrenaline through my veins
And I elbowed my way up through the line
Just to get some food in time

I dont wana fight no more ive done my time wont you let me go
Meet the face of the voice on the 99 news on that pawnshop radio
I dont wana fight no more ive done my time wont you let me go
Settle down somewhere with a headful of hair on a rusty creek pork

I don't wana fight no more I'm all used up

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