The Wall
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer
This poem that I wrote for you
This black stone and these hard tears
Are all I got left now of you
I remember you in your Marine uniform laughing
Laughing at your ship out party
I read Robert McNamara says he's sorry
Your high boots and striped T-shirt
Oh Billy you looked so bad
You and your rock-n-roll band
You were the best thing this **** town ever had
Now the men who put you here
Eat with their families in rich dining halls
And apology and forgiveness
Got no place here at all
Here at the wall
I'm sorry I missed you last year
I couldn't find no one to drive me
If your eyes could cut through that black stone
Tell me would they recognize me
For the living time it must be served,
The day goes on
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer
Skin on black stone
On the ground dog tags and wreaths of flowers
With the ribbons red as the blood
Red as the blood you spilled
In the Central Highlands mud
Limousines rush down Pennsylvania Avenue
Rustling the leaves as they fall
And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all
Here at the wall
The WallLRC歌词
[00:09.894]Cigarettes and a bottle of beer
[00:14.441]This poem that I wrote for you
[00:18.561]This black stone and these hard tears
[00:23.669]Are all I got left now of you
[00:29.042]I remember you in your Marine uniform laughing
[00:33.448]Laughing at your ship out party
[00:36.735]I read Robert McNamara says he's sorry
[00:41.771]Your high boots and striped T-shirt
[00:46.734]Oh Billy you looked so bad
[00:52.312]You and your rock-n-roll band
[00:56.637]You were the best thing this **** town ever had
[01:02.249]Now the men who put you here
[01:03.883]Eat with their families in rich dining halls
[01:10.066]And apology and forgiveness
[01:12.434]Got no place here at all
[01:17.636]Here at the wall
[01:21.245]
[01:58.091]I'm sorry I missed you last year
[02:02.433]I couldn't find no one to drive me
[02:07.545]If your eyes could cut through that black stone
[02:12.956]Tell me would they recognize me
[02:17.947]For the living time it must be served,
[02:22.548]The day goes on
[02:26.041]Cigarettes and a bottle of beer
[02:30.351]Skin on black stone
[02:35.304]On the ground dog tags and wreaths of flowers
[02:41.579]With the ribbons red as the blood
[02:46.467]Red as the blood you spilled
[02:51.252]In the Central Highlands mud
[02:56.856]Limousines rush down Pennsylvania Avenue
[03:00.085]Rustling the leaves as they fall
[03:04.952]And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all
[03:11.977]Here at the wall
[03:16.078]
