"I just got back from a war"

[ZJJ]

A few years ago I posted about a song by Darryl Worley called Have you forgotten? A song I think of often while we still fight this war and how we still don't have Bin Laden.

Lately, I've been hearing another song by him called I just got back from a war . I often wonder what our troops feel when they return and how they see life differently. (NOTE: The video needs to be played in IE)

It is a country song and the link will take you to a video. If you prefer to just read the lyrics, they are below.

I just got back from a war

by Darryl Worley

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 hang-out.

We 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 any more.

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 neighboorhood.

I thought it's been so long since Ive been in a place where everything is good;

People laughin' and children were playing,

And as I watched them I found myself praying,

"Lord, keep them safe here at home in the land of the free"

'Cause 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 any more.

If I'm not the same little freckled-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 any more.

Chances are I never will be the same, I really don't know any more,

I just came back from a war

I just came back from a war.

You don't know me, you don't know me...

I just came back from a war.

You don't know me, you don't know me...