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John Denver - Readjustment Blues Lyrics

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  • (Danoff)
  • Just out of the infantry this morning, I had to pay my dues across the sea.
  • No one back in boot camp ever warned me
  • what the readjustment blues would do to me.
  • "Welcome to Havannah", said the pilot.
  • "We must have made a wrong turn on the way.
  • Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet,
  • if they don't know we're here we'll get away."
  • Just as I had realized he was joking, I saw we were in Washington D.C.
  • 'Cause there was all the patriotic buildings, just like I had seen them on TV.
  • It must have been a holiday, 'cause there was this parade.
  • People carried signs, I couldn't read, that they had made
  • 'Till I got closer and my heart fell to my socks,
  • there was a battle raging and the air was filled with teargas and rocks.
  • There was the flag I'd fought against so often,
  • the one I fought for hanging upside down.
  • The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was flying,
  • it made the city sky look dark and brown.
  • I saw a girl, she could have been my sister,
  • except her hair was long and in her face.
  • She explained this was a demonstration against the war and for the human race.
  • Now, I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels. Cannibals, yes, and aliens galore.
  • But I never thought I'd see so many people 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 my duty chose war.
  • They carried guns just like the ones across the sea,
  • 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 that night, the readjustment blues got through to me.

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