{"id":339,"date":"2009-12-30T00:40:18","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T00:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waltstewart.com\/?p=339"},"modified":"2023-04-05T15:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T21:29:56","slug":"jagged-old-wound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltstewart.com\/wp\/jagged-old-wound\/","title":{"rendered":"SONG: Jagged Old Wound (The Veteran&#8217;s Song)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics and Music: Walt Stewart \/\u00a0 Copyright 11-18-2009 \/ Walt Stewart Studios<\/p>\n<p>He was my hero, on that stormy night<br \/>\nWish I\u2018d done more in that fire fight<br \/>\nShould have been me, it could of been me<br \/>\nHe pushed me away, I wish it been me<\/p>\n<p>My heart hurts can\u2019t think at all<br \/>\nThe tears are here but they won\u2019t fall<br \/>\nOh where are you honey, not feeling too sunny<br \/>\nI just don\u2019t know why he had to go<\/p>\n<p>Maybe a new truck will help my pain<br \/>\nSome\u00a0chocolate chips or \u2026 cocaine<br \/>\nA trip to Cabo or smoke more pot<br \/>\nGotta fill this hole where he got shot<\/p>\n<p>Stuck in this sand, done my share of harm<br \/>\nAin\u2019t coming back baby, fifth tour\u2019s a charm<br \/>\nThis war\u2019s been hell, its eating our lunch<br \/>\nI\u2019m coming home baby, God I miss\u00a0him so much<\/p>\n<p>Been home sometime now, sleep comes in small<br \/>\nWaitress knows to\u00a0give me, the chair against the wall<\/p>\n<p>Walk around my town checking all the doors<\/p>\n<p>Roof tops and the alleys \/ I can&#8217;t do this any more<br \/>\nPeople drive so crazy here, they just got to cease<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get too close now, I just want my peace<\/p>\n<p>A&#8217;int\u00a0no truck\u00a0gonna help my pain<br \/>\nNo chocolate chips or \u2026 cocaine<br \/>\nNo trip to Cabo or smoke more pot<br \/>\nGotta fill this hole with my Soul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics and Music: Walt Stewart \/\u00a0 Copyright 11-18-2009 \/ Walt Stewart Studios He was my hero, on that stormy night Wish I\u2018d done more in that fire fight Should have been me, it could of been me He pushed me away, I wish it been me My heart hurts can\u2019t think at all The tears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,44,45,46,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry-writings","category-social-commentary","category-songwriting-writings","category-stories","category-writings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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