Why your older brother had volunteered for the Navy, in 1939 But, uh, I think he got caught very much like so many of the other people That got caught in this (no more) recent Gulf War (Navy) He joined the Navy to (at war) go to college, go to school (yeah yeah) Navy, these hands are torn Navy at war, no more I can't do it no more Mama and my sister had my back when I went the wrong way When I went the wrong way Mama told me, boy don't change Yeah, said boy don't change All this pain in my heart had to come from you It was all or nothing, met you all the way around like the circumference When I need money, always call on me cause I won't plummet Youth gettin' hard to stomach Uh, I will never fall, that's a god damn lie cause I learned from you Anxious when I'm out in public Sad I couldn't see my cousin I swear I mask all the fear, I'm huggin' How my father is, know I learn this scholarship Hard to focus when my sister keep wallowing, checkin' in my Wallabees Many souls on my feet, live, die, and repeat It's been hard to eat My fear follow me, it was all but a dream Um, dreams and reality I just want to know, if we were to die Will you be alone or will I be by your side, baby? Yeah, will I be by your side, baby? Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah No more