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Just out of the infantry this morning, |
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I had to pay my dues across the sea, |
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But no one back in boot camp ever warned me, |
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What the readjustment blues would do to me. |
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"Welcome to Havana", said the pilot, |
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"We must have made a wrong turn on the way." |
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"Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet, |
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If they don't know we're here we'll get away." |
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Just as I had realized he was joking, |
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I saw we were in Washington D.C., |
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'Cause there was all the patriotic buildings. |
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Just like I had seen them on T.V. |
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It must have been a holiday, |
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'cause there was this parade. |
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People carried signs I couldn't read that they had made. |
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'Till I got closer and my heart fell to my socks; |
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There was a battle raging and |
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The air was filled with teargas and rocks. |
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There was the flag I'd fought against so often, |
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The one I fought for hanging upside down, |
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The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was flying, |
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It made the city sky look dark and brown. |
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I saw a girl, she could have been my sister, |
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Except her hair was long and in her face, |
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She explained this was a demonstration, |
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Against the war and for the human race. |
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Now I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels, |
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Cannibals, yes, and aliens galore, |
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But I never thought I'd see so many people |
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Saying we don't want your + + + war! |
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The troops all had on uniforms |
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Just like the one I'd worn, |
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But they were all domestic and my duty chose war. |
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They carried guns just like the ones across the sea, |
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Except this time I was the citizen |
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And they were pointing their guns at me, |
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Yes, I was just a citizen and |
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I was walking down the street, |
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And it was just then that the Readjustment Blues |
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Got through to me. |
