We Ain't At War
1965 · ABC-Paramount 10727 · USA
- Artist
- The Teachers
- Title
- We Ain't At War
- Release
- We Ain't at War / Summer's Over
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- ABC-Paramount # 10727
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Weiss, DeAngelis
- Genre
- Rock · Pop Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The song "We Ain't at War" (ABC-Paramount # 10727) Anti-war. Pennsylvania rock band, formed in West Chester. Led by Bob Fanelli.12 And nothing more, of course I was, we ain't at war"Sources1bobfanelli.wpengine.com: Early bands (archived copy)↩2Bob Fanelli Page (Angelfire)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I had a dream last night, sent shivers down my spine / I dreamt about a jungle and rivers filled with slime / I heard plane screeching, and cannons making noise / And lying in the swamp lands were dead American boys / I was only dreaming, I was only dreaming, glad I was dreaming / And nothing more, of course I was, we ain't at war / But I dreamt of Chinese instigators, USA administrators / North Vietnam agitators, South Vietnamese demonstrators / Viet Cong red exterminators, all the Lincoln imitators claimed / They're true emancipators, while their bloody hand enslave us... / And in my dream last night the nightmare that I had / I listened to the radio and all the news was bad / The Russian sending missiles to fight our bombardiers / And all the non-combatants say they'll fight for 20 years... / But I dreamt of world war drums beating, escalating not receding / UN leaders scared of leading...little people crying, pleading / Politicians never heeding, button pushed, time is nearing / I was only dreaming, I was only dreaming, glad I was dreaming / And nothing more, of course I was, we ain't at war
Notes
ABC-Paramount 10727 (45-12787), white promotional label marked "Promotional Copy" and "Not For Sale"; "We Ain't At War" (Weiss - DeAngelis), 2:52, Damian Music-Abilene Music, ASCAP; arranged and conducted by Peter DeAngelis, produced by Bob Thiele; "A Product of ABC Paramount Records, Inc." Housed in an ABC Paramount company sleeve printed with the names of label artists including Fats Domino, The Impressions, Ray Charles, B.B. King, John Coltrane and Tommy Roe. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Anti-War · Soldier's Perspective · VC · Demonstration · China (Cold War) · Russia · Lincoln · United Nations