I shook my head as he walked up, thought he wanted a couple bucks
With those ragged clothes and hair down to his shoulders
But he said, I bet you ain't even thirty yet
You hang your head like your life is almost over
I said, old man, leave me alone, I just got laid off
Besides, when's the last time you even had a job?
He said, it was sixty-eight, I was about your age
In a chopper over Hanoi
We got shot down and even now
It's hard to sleep at night
And after five long years in a bamboo cage
The army comes back
He calls you crazy, takes your wings away
I know where you're coming from
I've been there and then some
I said, old man, I'll give you that
I never had it quite so bad
And losing this job ain't all that there is to it
Three weeks ago my wife moved out
I'd just gotten home
Been out of town
You don't know what that's like
Till you've been through it
Can you imagine how it feels
To hear she'd found someone
Then I asked him
When's the last time you lost a love?
He said, when that C-130 touched the earth
On a runway out and over
I was coming home, had my medals on
She wasn't in the car




She wasn't in the crowd
Cause when you're M.I.A. two thousand days
She thinks you're dead
And your best friend takes your place
I know where you're coming from
I've been there and then some
That old man made me realize
You never give up hope
And he got there in the nick of time
With the stories that he told
And he saved my life
I was gonna end it all that night
It's been three years, that's why I'm here
I don't get paid, I'm a volunteer
Living proof you can get your life together
So don't hang up the phone
It ain't worth it some
It was both a favor
Put down that gun
I know where you're coming from
I've been there and then some
I've been there and then some