Lyrics

Whiskey Devil

Hi, I was just wondering if anybody here writes/has written lyrics? I've written a few pieces gonna get some gear together and try record them soon.. Here's some I wrote during the week, based loosely on a story I read. If anybody has any ideas/opinions/corrections good or bad, feel free.. The refrain is dodgy I know. It needs expansion. It's far from complete.

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Johnny landed in Saigon in December
With a pack in his hand, and a gun
Holding up Johnson's letter
As he stood under the burning sun

He was assigned to the first cavalry
Of the Third Battalion, Vietnam
And as nineteen sixty eight rang in'
He weeped as he wrote to his ma'

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For five long weeks Johnny stood
As a munitions guard of the night
When out nowhere came a blast
With a flash that burned his sight

The first cavalry were put into action
Their destination was Hue (pronounced hway, as far as I know!)
They flew the flag of war, and
Johnny held the pole all the way

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In Hue he saw a thousand dead
And he shot a eleven more
By evening they'd held the river
And by night he lay dead on the floor

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Johnny had woke in the middle of night
And lit up a Marlboro Red
When the smoke caught the sniper's eye
A bullet caught him right in the head

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They said prayers in Johnny's honour
Crossed the flag for his sacrifice
While Nixon made another speech
And Johnson said his goodbyes

Flares in an a tattered envelope
And box of Marlboro Red
We're all that came home that day
With the last letter that Johnny had sent

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Whiskey Devil

I'm no Eric Bogle, thats for sure.