Well, daddy joined the air force
Said it was a good source
Danger, love and money
But it only lead to divorceSend it up in Abilene
Workin' at a Dairy Queen
Put me in the Army
On the day that I turned 17Here I am standing
In the desert with a gun
Thought of goin' AWOL
But I'm too afraid to runSo I got myself a new plan
Stealing from the Taliban
Make a little money
Turnin' poppies into heroineSergeant didn't like it
So they put me in a hole
I said it's easy shootin'
When they don't know where to goThrew me on a lily pad
Sent me home to NORAD
Knew I'd be in trouble
But I didn't think it'd be this badA stranger wearing all black
Met me on the tarmac
Told him I was sorry
But I ain't never going backHe said you ain't in trouble, son
Learned to fire without a gun
Got a new assignment
Now you working for the PentagonGonna take a trip
Wouldn't tell me what it's for
Gotta to serve your country
Gonna help us win the warMIT, PhD's
Night and day, they testing me
Ain't what I was thinking
But I'm being all that I can beI ain't no genius
But I knew it wasn't right
Eating uppers in the morning
And LSD at nightSend me off to deep space
Help them win the arms race
Ola me, oh, mighty
But this shit has got a funny tasteI think I hear the countdown
Hundred feet above the ground
Told me when I'm leaving
But nothing 'bout coming downSitting on a bad dream
Thousand pounds of gasoline
Ain't leaving nothing
But some rubble in my slipstreamMama always said
I should be aiming for the moon
Never would have guessed
That I'd be passing by soonHow the hell did I get here?
Blasting through the atmosphere
Drop my rocket boosters
And I'm shifting into high gearBowie on my system
And a bottle on my knee
Armstrong ain't got nothing on meHey yo, here we go
Kmag yoyo
Someone wanna get me
Got to come up where the sun don't goI think I see a bright light
Something 'bout it ain't right
Laid down in a spaceship
Woke up in a fire fightTripping from the morphine
Came down in a bad scene
God, don't let me die here
I ain't even 19I won't ever ask you, Lord
For anything again
Swear it on the Bible,
Torah, KoranLying in a rhino track
'Bout to have a heart attack
IED got to me
Someone call a medi-vacI need some fixin'
Now how long has it been
Never wanna go and try
And shoot a gun againSlippin' out the back door
Wanna join the Peace Corps
Tell me I'm a hero
Now someone else can fight this war