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[ti:Xmas In February (LP Version)] |
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[ar:Lou Reed] |
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[al:New York] |
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Sam was lyin' in the jungle |
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agent orange spread against the sky like marmalade |
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Hendrix played on some foreign jukebox |
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they were praying to be saved |
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Those gooks were fierce and fearless |
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that's the price you pay when you invade |
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Xmas in February |
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Sam lost his arm in some border town |
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His fingers are mixed with someone's crop |
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If he didn't have that opium to smoke |
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The pain would never ever stop |
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Half his friends are stuffed into black body bags |
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With their names printed at the top |
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Xmas in February |
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Sammy was a short order cook |
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In a short order black and blue collar town |
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Everybody worked the steel mill |
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But the steel mill got closed down |
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He thought if he joined the Army |
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He'd have a future that was sound |
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Like no Xmas in February |
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Sam's staring at the Vietnam Wall |
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It's been a while now that he's home |
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His wife and kid have left, he's unemployed |
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He's a reminder of the war that wasn't won |
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He's that guy on the street with the sign that reads |
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"Please help send this Vet home" |
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But he is home, and there's no Xmas in February |
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No matter how much he saves |
