Intro:
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They'll make a man of you, my son. 
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You'll wear the green beret
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And answer ev'ry question with a gun.
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You'll wear a uniform , a signet on your sleeve. 
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You'll have a power that you never would believe. 
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And any problem that you meet,
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You'll put a bullet through its head
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Till ev'rything that moves is dead.

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When your time's up and you've returned,
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They'll take your gun away
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But not the tricks you've learned.
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You'll wear a uniform , the neat civilian brown,
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Your hair the proper cut, the proper part of town,
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And any problem that you meet, 
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You'll stamp it bloody with your feet,
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Or roll it in barbed wire and get it off the street.

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And any idea that you cannot comprehend, 
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You'll put the handcuffs on and that will be the end, 
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And anything that grows you'll cover with cement.
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They'll make a man of you, my son.