This song is an ode to young men of my generation who were forever changed as a result of military service.
Lyrics:
He came down from the distance
In 1964
Looking for the home he
Used to know
Like a wolf without a pack
he's traveling alone
All the world and nowhere
Left to go.
His Mom and Dad are gone and
Sister left town
That damn spring tornado
Took them down.
While he was at war not a
choice of his own
his world became a set
of gravestones
Chorus
Life is never easy with
Events out of control
The measure of a man Is how he
takes on the whole
For what's in the past of
Every life lived
Has to be pushed behind
To move ahead
Now he has to build anew
A second life
Not one of war and
Constant strife
But one that gets him a
Reason for hope
In a new place with a
different scope
