Veteran

You say I cannot understand
Because I wasn’t there
Oh, and I couldn’t care
Any way, any way, any way

You say I’ll never know the score
Because I never fought
Oh, and I never even saw
Your god dam war, your god dam war

Oh Lord, help me find a way
And lord, help me find the words
To say
Baby, it’s okay
You’re home to stay
You’re home to stay
You’re home to stay
You’re
Home to stay

They say the war is over now
But there’s a different war
That rages in his mind
Each home’s a battle ground, a battle ground

My baby cannot live in peace
When every body’s look
Is saying
Why’d you go, and did you kill, and are you sorry?

I’ll never leave you can’t you see
Though you need more help
Yes, you need more
than you can get from me

And what I’ll never understand
Is how a woman could
Or how a family can
Or how this country could forsake its
Veteran
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