The Hell I Never Knew (Wally's Song)

Kid go take up arms is what they said

As you march into the night

Don't ask questions, know its right

Kid go take up arms is what they said

So I'm sitting in my bedroom, down in New Orleans

When a hurricane washed it away

Gone were my possessions and my home, and so

I signed up for the army that day

It seemed like a good idea at the time

With no money, or future there

With a nod to my past, and a long look at last

I set off for my new career

They put me in a plane and dropped me on the sand

With a rifle and American flag

They gave me porno mags, and cheap cigarettes

And sized me up for a body bag

And I'm proud to say that somehow I found my way home

On the backs of my brothers and friends

And though it still beats and keeps me on my feet

I'll admit that my heart is now dead

So the next time you take your pen and sign a slip

To send another young man over seas

It's true what we're fighting for might have been yours

But the one who was fighting was me