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We met as soul mates on Parris Island,
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we left as inmates from an asylum.
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And we were sharp, as sharp as knives
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and we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives.
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We came in spastic like tameless horses,
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we left in plastic as numbered corpses.
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And we learned fast to travel light,
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our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight.
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We had no home front, we had no soft soap.
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They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope.
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We dug in deep and shot on sight
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and prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might.
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We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
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we passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.
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And it was dark, so dark at night
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and we held on to each other, like brother to brother,
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we promised our mothers we'd write.
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And we would all go down together,
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we said we'd all go down together,
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yes, we would all go down together.
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Remember Charlie, remember Baker,
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they left their childhood on every acre.
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And who was wrong? And who was right?
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It didn't matter in the thick of the fight.
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We held the day in the palm of our hand.
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They ruled the night and the night seemed to last
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as long as six weeks on Parris Island.
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We held the coastline, they held the highlands,
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and they were sharp, as sharp as knives,
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they heard the hum of motors, they counted the rotors
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and waited for us to arrive.
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And we would all go down together,
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we said we'd all go down together,
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yes, we would all go down together.
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