verse 1 
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Well I used to hang out down at the local VFW hall 
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And stare at the photographs up on the wall 
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Of the neighborhood boys that died in the wars we've been through 
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And the hand lettered sign that said remember Jimmy McGrew 
 
verse 2 
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Well Jimmy went to Nam back in 1965 
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But there's a lot of men here that think Jimmy McGrew's still alive 
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Though they carved his name on a stone in Washington DC 
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His brother said that stone don't prove a d**n thing to me 
 
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It's veteran's day and the skies are gray 
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Leave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade 
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But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through 
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And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew 
 
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( guitar One Verse ) 
 
 
verse 3  
 
There's a hot rain fallin' on the back streets of Saigon 
 
There's an old soldier stumblin' down the alley with his mama-san 
 
Lord his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue 
 
He's just hangin' by a thread and he looks like Jimmy McGrew 
 
 
 
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