Story Behind The Song
GROWING UP IN THE VIETMAN ERA AND HOW THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED
| Song Length |
4:43 |
Genre |
Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
| Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
1974
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IN THE SPRING OF 1952 I GOT MY START FROM YOU KNOW WHO
MOTHER SAID HE?D BE A FINE YOUNG MAN
BUT I WAS YOUNG HAD SOME OTHER PLANS
AND I DRIFTED ALONE IN THE WIND
69 WAS THE SUMMER OF LOVE I LOADED TRUCKS IN PATTERSON
IN THE LAND OF THE HURRICANE WORKED LIKE A MULE ON GETTY AND MAIN
AND I DRIFTED ALONE IN THE WIND
THEY HELD A LOTTERY TO VISIT VIETNAM
IT WAS A BIG HIT IN TV LAND
297 WAS THE NUMBER THAT I DREW
I TIP MY HAT TO YOU KNOW WHO AND I DRIFTED ALONE IN THE WIND
(CHORUS)
SADDLE UP ITS 1974 IF THE DRUGS DON?T KILL YOU YOU CAN STILL FIGHT IN THE WAR
SADDLE UP ITS 2003 AND YOU CAN STILL DO ALL THE THINGS THAT ALMOST KILLED ME
WE WERE THE ONES WHO WOULD CHANGE IT ALL SPREAD PEACE AND LOVE A ROUND THE WORLD
BUT THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED IS THE SPELLING OF OUR ENEMIES NAME
AND WE DRIFTED ALONE IN THE WIND.