Thump Thump Thump

Thump, thump, thump, I can hear the choppers They are inbound Med Evac Another day in the bush Another man down I throw out a flare It’s a hot LZ Small arms fire From a sniper In a tree Sitting in front of the TV I watch the war In full HD I can see the fear The talking heads Say we are losing the war The minds and souls Are not on our side We are the invaders Sent to enforce democracy Not necessarily to practice it Thump, thump, thump, The mortar rounds closing in Wish I were anywhere but here Skipper looks worried As the radio squawks Unfriendlies are inside the wire Lock and load It’s going to be a long night I wish those talking heads Were here to fight Hope I’m still here At first light I put on my slippers And head off to bed Not knowing the truth But feeling so dead Leeches and communist Are sucking me dry I wish Ho Chi Minh Had never been born Stalin and Hitler Just bad dreams From the blue I sleep in a fog Next to my dog Outside my window There’s a sound In the fog Thump, thump, thump, thump …