Gi Joe

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  Well he smoked those Camel 
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cigarettes about three packs a day
  Nicotine stains on his fingers 
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when he'd stretch them out to play
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  That old "Midnight special" is 
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one he loved to do
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  Then he'd sing "I'm walking the 
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floor over you"


[Verse 2]
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  TV preachers and welfare checks 
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for him just had no place
  But he'd take his time to tune 
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real good when he sang "Amazing 
grace"
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  He'd say boys i'm old and crazy 
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but i still give a damn
  And i still think the boys got 
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screwed over in Vietnam


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He'd drag out that old uniform
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And say "they used to call me slim"
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He never could get it buttoned up
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But the pride looked good on him
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He still feels the way he felt
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Over forty years ago
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Here's to the old man
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Here's to G.I. Joe


[Verse 3]
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  He only sang the old songs,he's 
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standing still in time
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  "My Phillipino baby",right there 
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on his mind
  Then he'd talk about the big 
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one,the war we didn't lose
  He'd pick a little bit like Travis
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 "Re-Enlistment blues"


[Chorus]
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  Here's to my old man
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  And all the G.I. Joe's