Lucero - War

^AmI got ^Cdrafted at ^Fnineteen ^GMe and a bunch of boys from ^Fhome ^AmJanu^Cary ^Fforty-^Cthree, ^Ddrove out to Pine Bluff and signed ^Fon

^AmWent to ^Cbasic south of ^FBirmingham ^GPut me on west coast bound ^Ftrain ^AmSpent three ^Cdays out in ^FSan Di^Cego ^DAnd they shipped me back east ^Fagain

^AmLeft a ^Cport out of ^FNew York ^GSlept for months in British ^Frain ^AmTore it ^Cup down in ^FLondon ^Ctown ^DAnd they shipped me back out ^Fagain

^CThe preacher said ^GBoys he who ^Fis killed to^Cnight will ^Ddine with the Lord in Par^Fadise ^COne boy spoke ^Gup, said ^Fpreacher come ^Con ^Deat your supper with ^Fus

^AmNever ^Ctalk about those^F first days ^GLots of friends left be^Fhind ^AmBut I ^Cmade it all the ^Fway across ^CFrance ^DAnd I fought at the Maginot ^Fline

^AmRoad a ^Ctank into ^FBelgium ^GLiked them better than the ^FFrench ^AmLike my ^Cdaddy, ^Fthirty years be^Cfore ^DI did my time in a t^French

^AmLots of ^Cdays there's no ^Fwater ^GBut the liquor kept me ^Fwarm ^AmThe cellars were ^Cstocked to their ^Fceilings with ^Cbooze ^DSo I carried a bottle with my ^Fgun

^CThe preacher said ^GBoys he who ^Fis killed to^Cnight will ^Ddine with the Lord in Par^Fadise ^COne boy spoke ^Gup, said ^Fpreacher come ^Con ^Deat your supper with ^Fus

^AmThree ^Ctimes I made s^Fergeant ^GI'm not that kind of ^Fman ^AmAnd pretty ^Cmuch just as ^Fquick as I ^Ccould ^DI get busted back to private a^Fgain

^AmCause taking ^Corders never ^Fsuited me ^GGiving them out was muc^Fh worse ^AmI could ^Cnot stand to ^Fget my friends ^Ckilled ^DSo I took care of myself ^Ffirst

^AmNow I ^Cknow that don't ^Fsound right ^GDon't think too bad of ^Fme ^AmNow it ^Ckeeps me ^Fup nights ^{C D}What I could have done differe^Fntly

^CThe preacher said ^GBoys he who ^Fis killed to^Cnight will ^Ddine with the Lord in Par^Fadise ^COne boy spoke ^Gup, said ^Fpreacher come ^Con ^Deat your supper with ^Fus

^CI'd be no ^Gguest at the ^Ftable of the ^CLord ^DHis food was not to be ^Fmine ^CCause I cursed His ^Gname every ^Fchance that I ^Ccould ^DAnd I recon that's why I'm still ^Falive