The internet has failed me
I've had a song going through my head on and off for the last few days, but I can only remember a portion of it, and I thought I'd look on the internet and find the rest of it. The problem is, it's not on the internet.
How is that even possible?
Granted, this is a song that some friends of mine and I found and memorized roughly half of my lifetime ago. I have no idea who wrote it, what the actual-factual title of it is, or even if the words I do know are exactly right.
Most of the reason I want to find the words, and save them for the sake of posterity, is that once upon a time 3 of my friends (Julie, Jamie, and Erika) and I sang it at some sort of competition at an SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism, for those of you who aren't complete dorks) Event, and we actually won! Those of you who have had the misfortune to hear me sing know just how important and memorable an event this is for me, since the chances of duplicating any circumstance in which I get rewarded for singing are highly unlikely. I don't even remember what we won, and I'm sure it had a dollar value of roughly 37 cents, but we won, and that's the important part. (and yes, there were other people competing, thank-you-very-much)
The part of the song I remember follows:
I have a little daughter, and she has just turned four
She has asked a question, that I cannot ignore
I do not have an answer, just excuses by the score
There are no easy answers for
Mommy, what's a war
Tell me what to say to her, what answer do I give
Should I tell that some men must die, so other men might live
That sometimes bad men do bad things, that others can't forgive
What answer so I'll hear no more
Mommy, what's a war