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Front Line

This version of Front Line was released by Stevie Wonder in 1982.

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I am a veteran of the war
I up and joined the army back in 1964
At sixteen I just had to be a man at any cost
I volunteered for Vietnam where I got my leg shot off
I recall a quote from a movie that said “who’s more a man
Than a man with a reason that’s worth dyin’ for”

They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin’ ahead

They gave me a uniform and a tiny salty pill
To stop the big urge I might have for the wrong kind of thrill
They put a gun in my hand and said, “shoot until he’s dead”
But it’s hard to kill when ‘please your friend’ echoes through your head

Brought up in church taught no man should take another’s life
But then put in a jungle where life has no price

They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin’ ahead

Back in the world the paper reads today
Another war is in the brewing
But what about the lives of yesterday
And the many happy families that have been ruined

My niece is a hooker and my nephew’s a junkie too
But they say I have no right to tell them how they should do
They laugh and say “quit bragging” ’bout the war you should never have been in
But my mind is so brain-washed I’d prob’bly go back and do it again

I walk the neighborhood parading my purple heart
With a fear of agent orange that no one will stop

They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
They had me standing on the front line
But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin’ ahead

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Stevie Wonder has released many songs over the years besides Front Line. Stevie Wonder released songs from 1962 to 2005 spanning across albums like Tribute To Uncle Ray, Down To Earth, Uptight (Everything's Alright), I Was Made To Love Her, Someday At Christmas, For Once In My Life, My Cherie Amour, Signed, Sealed And Delivered, Where I'm Coming From, Talking Book, Music Of My Mind, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder's Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants, Hotter Than July, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium, The Woman In Red, In Square Circle, Characters, Jungle Fever, Conversation Peace, Natural Wonder, and A Time To Love. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Stevie Wonder.

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