Gun Shy
I always knew that you would take yourself far from homeAs soon as, as far as you could goBy the 1/4 inch cut of your hair and the Army issue greenFor the past eight weeks, I can tell where you've been
For I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to meThere was soldiers' blue blood streaming inside your veinsThere is a world outside of this room, and when you meet it promise meYou won't meet it with your gun
So now you are one of the brave fewIt's awful sad we need boys like youI hope the day never comes for "Here's your live round, sonStock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun"
Well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to meThere was soldiers' blue blood streaming inside your veinsThere is a world outside of this room, and when you meet it promise meYou won't meet it with your gun taking aim
For I don't mean to argue, they've made a decent boy of youAnd I don't mean to spoil your homecomingBut, baby brotherYou should expect me to
"Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun"
So now does your heart pitter-pat with a patriotic songWhen you see the stripes of Old Glory waving?
Well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to meThere was soldiers' blue blood streaming inside your veinsThere is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise meYou won't meet it with your gun taking aim
I don't mean to argue, they've made a decent boy of youAnd I don't mean to spoil your homecoming, my baby brother JudeAnd I don't mean to hurt you by saying this againThey're so good at making soldiers - but they're not so good at making men