Green (When I wore the) Lyrics

I look back on all my yesterdays

And the tears they start to fall

I can't help myself remembering

When I could still walk tall

I broke myself in service

To a country I don't own

It is in the general seeds of apathy

All these twisted thorns were sown

Come and join the Army

Was the general's battle cry

So I bid my family and my friends

A happily goodbye

But if known how broken

My life would soon become

I would stay at home forever

My duty never would be done

I would have paid in full with my life

If the bill had become due

And even though I wore the green

My heart was often blue

Can you give me back my freedom

Or even some of misspent youth

Cause you can't save my tomorrow

Not even in a polling booth

Come and join the Army, Army

Was the general's battle cry

So I bid my family and my friends

A happily goodbye

But if known how broken

My life would soon become

I would stay at home forever

My duty never would be done

I would have paid in full with my life

If the bill had become due

And even though I wore the green

My heart was often blue

Can you give me back my freedom

Or even some of misspent youth

Cause you can't save my tomorrow

Not even in a polling booth