eighteen years old thought i knew it all
did my duty went through the call
i don't regret not one single bit
turns out duty's only half of it
for so long i kept the memories under love
thirty years i never took the medals out of the box
i see that dirt track road today
see the jungle green exploding flames
hear my buddies crying out my name
on the road
on the road
to quantree
been a year when they sent me home
never dreamed to feel so alone
all my old friends doing what we always did
and now they seem like just a bunch of kids
would have tried to tell them everything
i'd been good
i just couldn't see
why i should put them through it too
i see that dirt track road today
see the jungle green exploding flames
hear my buddies crying out my name
on the road road on the road
to queso
two thousand one
i don't really care what was and wasn't fair
maybe someday the picture's gonna fade
so far that's more than i can say
for so long i kept the memories under locked
thirty years i left the purple hearts in a box
i see that dirt track road today
see the jungle green exploding plains
hear my buddies crying out my name
on the road
on the road
on the road
on the road
to play it cool
to cay sun
