I Just Came Back from a War
by Wynn Varble and Darryl Worley (2006)
The first thing I did when that plane finally landed
was kiss the ground.
The next thing I did
was to go find my friends down at the old hangout.
Drank some beer and talked a lot about old times
But when the booze finally hit Billy Joe Grimes,
He said, "I don't know what it is,
but you seem different to me."
I said, "I just came back from a place
where they hated me,
and everything I stand for.
A land where our brothers are dying for others
who don't even care anymore.
If I'm not exactly the same good old boy
that you ran around with before ....
I just came back from a war."
The very next morning
I took a walk through the neighborhood.
I thought: it's been so long
since I've been in a place where everything is good.
People laughing and children were playing.
And as I watched 'em, I found myself praying,
"Lord keep 'em safe here at home
in the land of the free."
'Cuz I just came back from a place
where they hated me,
and everything I stand for.
A land where our brothers are dying for others
who don't even care anymore.
If I'm not the same little freckle-faced boy
that grew up in that house next door ....
I just came back from a war.
I hope you cherish this sweet way of life,
and I hope you know that it comes with a price.
I just came back from a place
where they hated me,
and everything I stand for.
A land where our brothers are dying for others
who don't even care anymore.
Chances are I never will be the same ....
I really don't know anymore.
I just came back from a war.
I just came back from a war.
[repeated choral background]
You don't know me.
I just came back from a war.
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