(This One’s) Gonna Leave a Scar
Last night, with the west coast baseball on I started talking with your dad about Saigon He turned down the sound, poured a ginger ale and Crown And proceeded to tell me about the Viet Cong He’s a college boy just out of OSU They called him "Pops" ’cause he was 22 He got hip-deep in the shit That’s the long and short of it Your dad did things I don't think I could do Straight through, 13 hours in the car With the radio locked down on NPR Past the Corvette plant in Bowling Green We were talking about the muhjahideen I don't know exactly where we are But I believe that this one’s going to leave a scar There’s a valley where great empires go to die when the promise is uncovered as a lie I don't care about the price of gasoline I'm just glad that we ain’t not 17 Your dad did things but couldn't tell me why Straight through, 13 hours in the car With the radio locked down on NPR Under these eerie empty skies Blue September burnin