[00:15.838]Just out of the infantry this morning,
[00:23.378]I had to pay my dues across the sea,
[00:31.413]But no one back in boot camp ever warned me,
[00:38.941]What the readjustment blues would do to me.
[00:47.484]"Welcome to Havana", said the pilot,
[00:55.003]"We must have made a wrong turn on the way."
[01:02.541]"Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet,
[01:10.578]If they don't know we're here we'll get away."
[01:18.603]Just as I had realized he was joking,
[01:25.884]I saw we were in Washington D.C.,
[01:33.666]'Cause there was all the patriotic buildings.
[01:41.207]Just like I had seen them on T.V.
[01:49.492]It must have been a holiday,
[01:52.751]'cause there was this parade.
[01:56.275]People carried signs I couldn't read that they had made.
[02:04.303]'Till I got closer and my heart fell to my socks;
[02:11.085]There was a battle raging and
[02:13.094]The air was filled with teargas and rocks.
[02:18.368]There was the flag I'd fought against so often,
[02:25.403]The one I fought for hanging upside down,
[02:32.426]The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was flying,
[02:39.963]It made the city sky look dark and brown.
[02:47.487]I saw a girl, she could have been my sister,
[02:54.527]Except her hair was long and in her face,
[03:01.812]She explained this was a demonstration,
[03:08.594]Against the war and for the human race.
[03:15.624]Now I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels,
[03:23.414]Cannibals, yes, and aliens galore,
[03:29.694]But I never thought I'd see so many people
[03:37.228]Saying we don't want your ——war!
[03:45.011]The troops all had on uniforms
[03:48.023]Just like the one I'd worn,
[03:51.290]But they were all domestic and my duty chose war.
[03:58.816]They carried guns just like the ones across the sea,
[04:04.851]Except this time I was the citizen
[04:08.363]And they were pointing their guns at me,
[04:12.131]Yes, I was just a citizen and
[04:15.394]I was walking down the street,
[04:19.422]And it was just then that the Readjustment Blues
[04:29.963]Got through to me.