When the War Comes Home

Nine soldiers, one jungle

Twelve sleepless nights

War-torn lands, blood rivers

No end in sight

Come darkness I remember

Flashes all around

Black devils spit lightning

Thunder from the ground

Fire raging, bush blazing

Smoke stings my eyes

Flesh burning, men screaming

Bodies baked alive

Time after time it comes back in the night

See the blood and blackened bones

I've returned from the battle but it's still inside

When the war comes home

The war comes home

Ten years now, wounds long healed

So I tell myself

Celebration, fireworks fly

And I'm back in hell

Guns sounding, hearts pounding

Charlie's got us down

Innocents cry, dead children

Village on the ground

Time after time it comes back in the night

See the blood and blackened bones

I've returned from the battle but it's still inside

When the war comes home

The war comes home

Father, please forgive me, for I know that I've done wrong

These images still haunt me like the ghosts of Viet Cong

Shall I pull this trigger, blow them straight out of my head?

It's one more for the body count, just one more soldier dead

Time after time it comes back in the night

See the blood and blackened bones

I've returned from the battle but it's still inside

When the war comes home

The war comes home

Nine soldiers, one jungle

No one came home