Standing in line,scared to death
Tested and stamped,my own number
Everything teenage cool,turns to a bummer
Measured to be able to serve
Fastball thrown,we took a curve
Standing in line,scared to death
Getting new clothes,new sheets,all green
Sand ,sweat,training,DI's need to be mean
Try my best to remember the order
Not allowed to think,one step over the border
Standing in line scared to death
A real weapon,no more acting or play
Choppers,noise,all quiet,nothin' to say
Real bullets and shoot to kill
Real is your will,resolve get your fill
Standing in line scared to death
Dear John to me,what did I do?
Married to young,no blame on you
Plane flight home to tears
Thought home meant no more for fears
Standing in line,scared to death
Calmer now, or so it seems
Crying ,thinking,writing reams
I'll always remember,forget no thing
Lives special,does it have a ring ?
Standing in line ,scared to death
With all of you,I stand
Waiting for the supreme command
I have no guilt for abuses
I'm here like you,no blame or excuses
Standing in line ,scared to death
Drum beats,bugles and heartbeats
Custer and Crazy Horse knew defeats
Fought and rode,hid and died
Each one knowing they had tried
Standing in line scared to death
I made it back,no blood shed
Killed many men,try to look ahead
I think of history,always perfect hindsight
But to be apart,each day and each night!!!!!!!!!!!!!