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[Chorus] He's just a drunk |
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An old salty dog |
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Stagger, you drink and then fall |
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Unaware that your life is held up against the wall |
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Aching, just dying inside |
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Still you cling on tight to your obstinate pride |
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I knew a man at the end of the bar |
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Wore a look of erosion, some old battle scars |
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Told many stories, none of them bright |
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If you bought him liberations, he spun them all night |
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Started out in |
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Normandy, moved right onto |
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France The battle of |
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Berlin and more veteran partance |
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At the end this generation, not like the last |
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Kids today need to learn from the past [Chorus] |
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Getting to loud barkeeper gives the hook |
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All the patrons laugh so hard the dive nearly shook |
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Into the alley he goes furious and irate |
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Expletives and threats babbled in hate |
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Finally he collapses down to the asphalt |
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Battered mug and lacerations, it's his fault |
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Bystanders tap numbers for the ambulance call |
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Salty dog going for an |
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E.R. haul [Chorus] |
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Salt you stagger away and then fall |
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Continuously stubborn and defiant through it all |
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Vet you'll rattle, bemoan and berate |
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People not backing ideals out of date |
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What he doesn't relize |
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Is he's the enemy of him |
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What he can't see |
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Is he's stuck in yesterday |
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Battle EMT's, they try to help him |
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Inside self imposed defiance, he'd rather swim |
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Inside of him, a crazy death wish [Chorus] |
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I knew a man at the end of the bar |
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With a VFW jacket and some old battle scars |
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Did you hear the news? |
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Stagger's wish came true |
