Sawdust Saloon

In 1971, hung up a chicken bone

On the old chandelier at the sawdust saloon

The medical exam had cleared me to fight

My mother said stay and I thought that I might

My brother said stay that's when I left

'Cause never know who might be called in your stead

So I showed up on time to meet my platoon

And hung up a bone in the sawdust saloon

With Jimmy Tassone, I used to play ball

Now he sits here beside me and talks like a man

He looks like a man, says he shoots like a man

But no medal of honor will make his Mom move back in

So he said my drunk father, I'll be back for you soon

But Jimmy still hangs in the sawdust saloon

And I love my country with a deep frenzied love

Her legs spread out wide her nose turned up

So I showed up on time to meet my platoon

And hung up a bone in the sawdust saloon

The candle in the window, the coin in the well

The break in your voice, the crack in the bell

All raise up a round, without saying a word

To them old dusty bones and the good men that served