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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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