I'M STUCK IN A PLACE CALLED CONFUSED
LOST IN IT AS MISUNDERSTOOD AND USED
WHERE AM I TO DWELL?
EXCEPT AROUND ME I SEE HELL
TENTS AND COUGHTS ARE MY HOME
A LAND OF DIRT IS WHERE I ROAM
MY CLOTHES ARE DARK BROWN AND WHITE
SO I CAN HIDE EASY OUT OF SIGHT
MY BOOTS IS WHAT I WEAR
THEY HURT MY FEET AND MAKE THEM TEAR
ON MY HEAD IS A PROTECTIVE HAT FROM THE SUN
WHERE I'M AT A CHORE IS NEVER DONE
AT NIGHT IS DARK WHERE YOU SHIVER
NO ISLAND AROUND OR EVEN A RIVER
ALL I SEE IS DARKNESS VERY FAR
NO MOON OR EVEN A STAR
NO BIRDS FLYING OR EVEN BEES
OR SQUIRRELS CLIMBING THE TREES
MY GUN IS MY BEST FRIEND
OH! HOW MUCH I WISH THIS COULD END
THE LANGUAGE THE PEOPLE HERE SPEAK IS HARDLY THE SAME
THEY JUST STICK THEIR NOSES UP AND GIVE US THE BLAME
AT NIGHT I SLEEP TRAPPED INSIDE
THAT I'M LOST NOWHERE TO HIDE
MY FEELINGS ARE DEEP AND SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO YEARN
SEEING DEATH AROUND ME WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURN
I'M RID OF A PLACE NOT SAFE TO ME
I JUST WANT TO BE WITH MY FAMILY
I KEEP THEIR PICTURES NEXT TO ME IN BED LIKE A GOOD LUCK CHARM
THAT I KISS THEM AND SAY GOOD-NIGHT AND I'M WITHOUT HARM
I CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP AND TELL GOD UP ABOVE
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS GIVE THEM MY LOVE
FOR THEY WILL BE IN MY HEART STILL
AND IN MY LAST DIEING WILL
THE FLAG SUPPOST TO MEAN I'M FREE
BUT WHERE I'M AT I DON'T FEEL IT INSIDE ME
AS THE PAIN GROWS DEEPER AND SOON I WILL NO LONGER WALK THIS LAND
ALL YOU WILL SEE IS PUDDLES OF TEARS FROM PAIN IN THE EYES OF A TRAPPED SOLDIER MAN
