Mountain - Flowers Of Evil Lyrics






Oh can you tell me
Oh how the joy
Passed from his childhood
That's not my boy
I see he's finished, he's run his race
We're not his family that's not his face
We taught him well
And from his youth
He knew he always
Must know the truth
He left his country to go to war
When he returned, he'd found we closed the door
[Chorus:]
But we never dreamed when he was leaving
That he would taste the flowers of evil
I know his habit was not so bad
When for fifty dollars it could be had
But now he' home to his promised land
And what he needs got to cost a Grand
When he'd been home for six month's time
My son he told me, he'd made up his mind
He's re-enlisted for three years more
It's too expensive to stop this war
[Chorus]
Oh can you tell me
Oh how the joy
Passed from his childhood
That's not my boy
He's re-enlisted for three years more
Is the price of peace worth the price of war?





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  1. R.... D....

    WOW! They don’t make metal like this anymore! The two pronged attack of Leslie and Felix! What incredible music they made!

  2. O.... R....

    ❤️❤️❤️ fantastic ❤️❤️❤️

  3. O.... R....

    Great ❤️❤️❤️

  4. o.... t....

    God Bless all the Vietnam War veterans

  5. r.... d....

    Oh can you tell me
    Oh how the joy
    Passed from his childhood
    That's not my boy
    I see he's finished
    He's run his race
    We're not his family
    That's not his face
    We taught him well
    And from his youth
    He knew he always
    Must know the truth
    He left his country
    To go to war
    When he returned
    He'd found we closed the door
    But we never dreamed when he was leaving
    That he would taste the flowers of evil
    I know his habit was not so bad
    When for fifty dollars it could be had
    But now he' home to his promised land
    And what he needs got to cost a Grand
    When he'd been home for six month's time
    My son he told me, he'd made up his mind
    He's re-enlisted for three years more
    It's too expensive to stop this war
    But we never dreamed when he was leaving

  6. j.... ....

    My favourite Mountain song. Great guitar tone, nice melody and well produced. Thumbs up

  7. A.... ....

    They were so good!

  8. e.... ....

    Great album, great band. Saw them in concert twice.

  9. T.... R....

    My favorite Mountain song.

    T.... R....

    my frvorite to tim

    T.... R....

    Don`t know if it`s my favorite Mountain song, but I`ve just listened to it almost 50 times in the last two days.

  10. C.... B....

    Still a monumental classic, after all these years....wow.

  11. T.... b....

    This and Steppenwolf MONSTER are two favorite Viet Nam era anti-foreign war songs.
    IS THE PRICE OF PEACE WORTH THAT PRICE OF WAR?

  12. J.... B....

    Have not heard this since I was in the US Navy back when this came out.  Forgot how good it is!

  13. �.... ....

    悪の華

    �.... ....

    From the poem Les fleurs de mal by Charles Beaudelaire...

    �.... ....

    One of Mountain's best songs. I remember it fondly from my teenage years. It's more about the young marines who came back from the wars in South-east Asia with a drug habit and signed up for another tour because drugs were so cheap over there.

  14. G.... ....

    Wow. I forgot how great this album is

    G.... ....

    same here tim

    G.... ....

    LESLIE WEST