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Just out of the infantry this morning,
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I had to pay my dues across the sea,
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But no one back in boot camp ever warned me,
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What the readjustment blues would do to me.
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"Welcome to Havannah", said the pilot,
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"We must have made a wrong turn on the way."
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"Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet,
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If they don't know we're here we'll get away."
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Just as I had realized he was joking,
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I saw we were in Washington D.C.,
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'Cause there was all the patriotic buildings.
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Just like I had seen them on T.V.
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It must have been a holiday,
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'cause there was this parade.
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People carried signs I couldn't read that they had made.
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'Till I got closer and my heart fell to my socks;
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There was a battle raging and
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The air was filled with teargas and rocks.
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There was the flag I'd fought against so often,
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The one I fought for hanging upside down,
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The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was flying,
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It made the city sky look dark and brown.
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I saw a girl, she could have been my sister,
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Except her hair was long and in her face,
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She explained this was a demonstration,
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Against the war and for the human race.
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Now I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels,
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Cannibals, yes, and aliens galore,
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But I never thought I'd see so many people
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Saying we don't want your ･････ war!
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The troops all had on uniforms
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Just like the one I'd worn,
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But they were all domestic and my duty chose war.
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They carried guns just like the ones across the sea,
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Except this time I was the citizen
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And they were pointing their guns at me,
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Yes, I was just a citizen and
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I was walking down the street,
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And it was just then that the Readjustment Blues
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Got through to me.
"Readjustment Blues"
