I had to pay my dues across the sea,
But no one back in boot camp
What the readjustment blues
"We must have made a wrong
If they don't know we're here
Just as I had realized he was joking,
I saw we were in Washington D.C.,
'Cause there was all the pat
Just like I had seen them on T.V.
It must have been a holiday,
'cause there was this parade.
People carried signs I couldn't read
'Till I got closer and my heart
There was a battle raging and
The air was filled with teargas and rocks.
There was the flag I'd fought
The one I fought for hanging
The wind was blowing hard,
It made the city sky look
she could have been my sister,
Against the war and for the
Now I've seen a lot of strange
Cannibals, yes, and aliens galore,
But I never thought I'd see
Saying we don't want your + + + war!
The troops all had on uniforms
Just like the one I'd worn,
But they were all domestic and
They carried guns just like the
Except this time I was the citizen
And they were pointing their guns at me,
Yes, I was just a citizen and
I was walking down the street,
And it was just then that the
