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The Ones Who Came Home
Copyright Ann Pence 2000

He�s out in the car
With an old fruit jar
Singin' the blues to the dash
With his old porkpie hat
And a cigarette pack
That he pulled from the corner street trash
And I guess you could say I�m okay
At least that�s what he�ll say
He�ll say, it�s what I deserve
Cause I just lost my nerve
In the jungle in 1968

I�ve got noise in my ears
For the last 30 years
I�ve been losing myself by degrees
My memory�s shot
But I don�t miss it a lot
And I drink from this jar when I please
I guess you could say I�m okay
That I�m lucky to be here today
But that buddy of mine
He�s been doing time
In the jungle since 1968

Chorus:
Go on, sing me the blues
Cause I�m sick to the bone
What�s it to you?
Let�s drink to the ones who came home

Well, I�m long on regret
But I�ll never forget
How I jumped at the chance to be brave
I was young and na�ve
And I really believed
The war was worth what we gave
And I guess you could say I�m okay,
But I wish it would just go away
Oh, this hole in my heart
Where I got blown apart
In the jungle in 1968

Repeat Chorus


[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-02-2002).]