The setting is the 1970s in a city called Youngstown, which provided factories to make cannonballs for the Union army. Youngstown, apparently, is still in production of weaponry to assist in the fighting in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. After a tour in Vietnam, the narrator came home to work in this place; however, Vietnam showed him enough death and destruction for the rest of his life. The history of America has been very bloody and the song makes the point that war is not the way to go to make peace. I happen to agree with this statement. America should focus on diplomatic efforts to make longstanding solutions rather than bomb the population into submission for a short-term cease-fire.
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