Flak Jacket
from Little Victories by Sid Griffin
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I'm a St Paul's squarehead in this jar of a hole
On a rainy Nicaraguan night
I'm a scared little soldier from New Orleans
Holding his rifle tight
I'm a tough luck joker in some deck o'cards
Playing to win with might
I'm a veteran from the Falklands just here to help out
Hoping the dice roll right
We're in a ditch by the side of the road hoping to get out of the fight
Our spirits churn as we watch our jeep burn some kids got a hell of a sight
You can talk about your Spartas and your civil wars
Your civil disturbance that grows
Your Peloponnesians or the Basques in Spain
The terror some people know
'Cause there ain't much worse to be lying in dirt
Listenin' while your life's on hold
Though the gasoline burns as the night still turns
We're getting quite a good show
Say what you want about my country here shakin' a velvet hand
I wanna get home where the buffalo roam it seems a happier land
I got my flak jacket tighter than the skin of a snake
It's keeping me together as well
I got a helmet and some rations and a heart in my throat
I'm hoping nobody can tell
The tempo often changes in these brotherhood wars
The conductor's head can swell
They sent me off to battle, I ain't sure of myself
I think I hear tolling bell
The flames fly high as I see the sky start to form a friendly face
I pull my flak jacket tighter as I reach for my lighter
I want to get out of this place
I want to get out of this place
On a rainy Nicaraguan night
I'm a scared little soldier from New Orleans
Holding his rifle tight
I'm a tough luck joker in some deck o'cards
Playing to win with might
I'm a veteran from the Falklands just here to help out
Hoping the dice roll right
We're in a ditch by the side of the road hoping to get out of the fight
Our spirits churn as we watch our jeep burn some kids got a hell of a sight
You can talk about your Spartas and your civil wars
Your civil disturbance that grows
Your Peloponnesians or the Basques in Spain
The terror some people know
'Cause there ain't much worse to be lying in dirt
Listenin' while your life's on hold
Though the gasoline burns as the night still turns
We're getting quite a good show
Say what you want about my country here shakin' a velvet hand
I wanna get home where the buffalo roam it seems a happier land
I got my flak jacket tighter than the skin of a snake
It's keeping me together as well
I got a helmet and some rations and a heart in my throat
I'm hoping nobody can tell
The tempo often changes in these brotherhood wars
The conductor's head can swell
They sent me off to battle, I ain't sure of myself
I think I hear tolling bell
The flames fly high as I see the sky start to form a friendly face
I pull my flak jacket tighter as I reach for my lighter
I want to get out of this place
I want to get out of this place
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from Little Victories,
released July 2, 2020
© Sid Griffin
Published by Coal Train Tunes/Bug Music Ltd
© Sid Griffin
Published by Coal Train Tunes/Bug Music Ltd
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Sid Griffin London, UK
Yep, I'm the guy from the Americana founders the Long Ryders in 1980s L.A. & the guy in the first ever alt-bluegrass act, the Coal Porters, recently out of London. You bet make solo albums & perform singer-songwriter gigs, I’ve toured solo from London to Los Angeles to Sydney to Hong Kong to Helsinki too. Million Dollar Bash is my well-received book on The Basement Tapes and I've never met Dylan. ... more
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