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In 1967, the draft caught up with me |
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Me and my pal Joe went off to war |
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We might find hero's heaven |
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But we'd keep the country free |
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We would surely win just like before |
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Roy Rogers he was on his horse |
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And Buck Jones drew his gun |
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And we would surely win of course |
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When the battle was all done |
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1967, I came back alone |
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They brought Joe back in plastic on the plane |
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1967 seems so long ago |
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But I can't forget my friend or ease my pain |
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His family may forget him |
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His children may regret him |
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His wife may find another and go on |
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His picture may grow faded |
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And the world he knew gone jaded |
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But as long as I shall live I surely know |
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I never will forget my buddy Joe |
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In 1967, the war was raging on |
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Our country was divided and reborn |
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Though I was back at home, I had never left Saigon |
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'Cause all I got was ridicule and scorn |
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This was no place for hero's now |
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They all seemed to resent me |
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They said, "Why did you ever go?" |
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I said, "Because they sent me" |
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1967, they buried my friend Joe |
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And I was flashing back while people wept |
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I thought of how he saved us |
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And I watched the landmine blow |
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And I looked down at his dogtag that I kept |
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You'll always be a young man |
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You always will be smiling |
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You always will be confident and true |
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Your picture may grow faded |
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And the world you knew gone jaded |
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But as long as I shall live I surely know |
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I never will forget you buddy Joe |
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Long as I shall live I surely know |
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I never will forget you buddy Joe |
