Private Birch

from Crow In Corn's Clothing by Carpal Tullar

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He fought in a war
He learned a lesson he'd never forget
He wrote a letter to agent orange
That said he'd never be blue again
Making good time leaving nothing behind
He cut a swath from the past to the future
He fought in a war but not anymore

He fought in a war
He told me it was the worst it could get
But why was it that I could I see nostalgia
In his face in place of regret
Made the enemy run he fought and he won
Unleashing a wave of insufferable horror
He fought in a war but not anymore
And never again

Most of us who've lived and wandered on the Earth are underground
They lift and haunt the rest of us who wander on
And now they're holding the key to elevation right under ground
Most of us who kill are in between the living and the dead
And when they stop it's easier to start it up again
And now they're holding the key to devastation louder than sound

Bob Birch waving a flag to be flown his old and boney hands hold alone
Bob Birch loading the pipe that he holds his old and boney hands hold alone
Bob Birch watches the shades of blue and white tossing the day into a night
And now he needs therapy

Now he's got a Mustang semi-loaded he's addicted to drugs
He's a cripple and sore doesn't vote anymore
And he's letting his nails grow out

It doesn't take a detective to be governmentally funded
He's a bit of a slack
He must have doubled in size and he'll live 'til he dies
And he ain't coming back

He fought in a war
He learned a lesson he'd never forget
His alma mater guerilla warfare
His founding father a life of regret
He fought in a line leaving nothing behind
He could have walked from the past to the future
But he fought in a war but not anymore
He's useless again

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from Crow In Corn's Clothing, released January 5, 2012

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