A Veteran's Song

"A Veteran's Song"

The bars are crowded
with wasted youth
You just went,
you didn't know the truth
You don't know that kid
when you look back
You remember the music,
paint it black

You had a brother in the movement
and he burned his card
He's got a job in the white house,
ain't life hard
You came back a hero
on a stolen horse
You say you don't fit in,
you can't stay the course

I may be right,
don't care if I'm wrong
It's a veteran's song
I may be right,
don't care if I'm wrong
It's a veteran's song

The band paraded playing
Your country needs you,
you've got to go
When you came over they said;
soldier go back;
When you came home
they put you on the rack

Between agent orange
and the jungle and fear
You're just surviving
to get out of here
You smoke some more herb
and you keep your head down
Could be your number
is on the next round.


(mccafferty, sweet, charlton, agnew)
Publishing copyright: m.a.c.s. music
Copyright 1986 Nazareth