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The Bob Seger System - 2 + 2 = ? (1968)
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Yes, it's true I am a young man
But I'm old enough to kill
I don't wanna kill nobody
But I must if you so will
And if I raise my hand and question
You just say that I'm a fool
'Cause I got the gall to ask you
Can you, maybe, change the rule?
Can you stand and call me upstart?
Ask what answer can I find
I ain't sayin' I'm a genius
2 + 2 is on my mind
2 + 2 is on my mind
Well, I knew a guy in high school
Just an average friendly guy
And he had himself a girlfriend
And you made them say goodbye
Now he's buried in the mud
On the foreign jungle land
And his girl just sits and cries
She just doesn't understand
So you say he died for freedom
Well, if he died to save your lies
Go ahead and call me yellow
2 + 2 is on my mind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
2 + 2 is on my mind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
All I know is that I'm young
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
And your rules, they are old
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
If I've got to kill to live
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
Then there's something left untold
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
I'm no statesman, I'm no general
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
I'm no kid, I'll never be
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
It's the rules, not the soldier
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
That I find the real enemy
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
I'm no prophet, I'm no rebel
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
I'm just asking you, "Why?"
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
I just want a simple answer
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
Why it is I've got to die?
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
I'm the simple-minded kind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
2 + 2 is on my mind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
2 + 2 is on my mind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
2 + 2 is on my mind
2 + 2 is on my mind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
2 + 2 is on my mind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
2 + 2 is on my mind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
2 + 2 is on my mind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
2 + 2 is on my mind
(2 + 2 is on my mind)
2 + 2 is on my mind...
Written by: Bob Seger

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