Things We Were


"We laughed and giggled as we stood over Mr. zipper-head
Talking pictures of one another, even though he was dead.
We were 'jolly green giants' with all the know how
Our deeds accomplished then, we could never do now.
We were 'killer elites' the best in the corps
Though when the war ended we wanted no more.

--We were unlike anything ever seen
in Vietnam that country of black dreams.
--We were necessary to mother green
and in that we were,
                    her killing machines..." 

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         We Fought For A Cause


"I came home from the war with no end in sight
My wife took the kids and left me out-right.
I wake from the terror, my bed soaked in sweat
Dreams of blood and the fate my friends met.
The war wasn't over, I still lived it each day
And received nothing in return, the American way.
So I killed an old man and felt nothing inside
Then I killed another as my smile became wide!
I took up my rifle and killed more innocent folks
A shrink deemed me crazy, yes missing some spokes.
Why?  Why am I the only one living in this pain
You are all crazy to me, I'm the one who is sane! 
But I am strapped into this chair awaiting my end
The preacher is praying to Jesus again and again.

--So remember my friends, their names on a wall
and remember me too, if you have the gall.
--We fought for a cause so take off your hat
but the cause was a lie,
                        can you imagine that..."