He's a private first class U.S. Marine
Last November he turned 19
Got a wife and a son that'll be here soon
but he just shipped out on the 4th of June
He's old enough to vote old enough to die
but he can't buy beer on a Saturday night
Why why the hell not he's a man on a mission
giving all he's got putting his life on the
line must not mean a lot why the hell not
Behind the school at a football game there's
a bad dude pushing that crack cocaine a twelve
year old called the cops so they put him in
cuffs in the parking lot but his rich old man paid
a crooked judge got a slap on the wrist didn't
get locked up
why why the hell not you turn him loose
he's never gonna stop yeah time for the crime
these days must not mean a lot why the hell not
you see it every night on the 6 o'clock news
another bad nightmare just came true from town
to town it's all the same they say one man
can't make a change
why why the hell not if we all stand up we
can't be stopped it's up to me and you and I
say it's worth a shot
why why the hell not if we all stand up we
can't be stopped it's up to me and you and I
say it's worth a shot why the hell not,
why the hell not