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We met as soul mates on Parris Island, 
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we left as inmates from an asylum. 
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And we were sharp, as sharp as knives 
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and we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives. 
 

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We came in spastic like tameless horses, 
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we left in plastic as numbered corpses. 
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And we learned fast to travel light,  
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our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight. 
 

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We had no home front, we had no soft soap. 
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They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope. 
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We dug in deep and shot on sight 
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and prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might. 
 

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We had no cameras to shoot the landscape 
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we passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes. 
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And it was dark, so dark at night 
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and we held on to each other, like brother to brother, 
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we promised our mothers we'd write. 
 

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And we would all go down together, 
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we said we'd all go down together, 
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yes, we would all go down together. 
 

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Remember Charlie, remember Baker, 
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they left their childhood on every acre. 
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And who was wrong? And who was right? 
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It didn't matter in the thick of the fight. 
 

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We held the day in the palm of our hand. 
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They ruled the night and the night seemed to  last 
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as long as six weeks on Parris Island. 
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We held the coastline, they held the highlands, 
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and they were sharp, as sharp as knives, 
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they heard the hum of motors, they counted the rotors 
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and waited for us to arrive. 
 

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And we would all go down together, 
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we said we'd all go down together, 
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yes, we would all go down together. 
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