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Dave Alvin
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Dave Alvin/Chris Gaffney
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(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI/Calhoun Street Music/Ensaga Songs, BMI, Administered by Bug Music)
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Johnny gave Joe his first cigarette
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And Joe lit the filter and then he smoked the whole pack
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And Joe bought all the gas in Johnny's old Ford
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He always said that's what friends were for.
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When Johnny married Tina, Joe married Dee
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Two blonde-haired sisters from Covington, Kentucky
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And in "˜67 Johnny joined the Corps
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Joe did too, but he never knew what for.
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And tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain
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He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name
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Folks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't
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He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968.
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Johnny went from job to job tryin' to make ends meet
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And Tina divorced him back in "˜83
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Now thirty years come and thirty years go
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And Johnny's got a grandkid that he barely knows.
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And tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain
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He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name
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Folks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't
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He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968.
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Well Dee calls Johnny every now and then
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And talks about her children and her third husband
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But when he asks about someone they used to know
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Dee says, "Johnny that was so long ago."
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Tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain
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He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name
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Folks say he's a hero; he'll tell you ain't
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He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968
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He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968.
Dave Alvin - 1968
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