We met as soulmates

On Parris Inland

We left as inmates

From an asylum

And we were sharp

As sharp as knives

And we were so gung

ho to lay down our lives We came in ***

Like tameless horses

We left in plastic

As numbered corpses

And we learned fast

To travel light

Our arms were heavy

but our bellies were tight We had no homefront

We had no soft soap

They sent us playboy

They gave us bob hope

We dug in deep

And shot on sight

And prayed to Jesus Christ

with all of our might We had no cameras

To shoot the landscape

We passed the hash pipe

And played our Doors tapes

And it was dark

So dark at night

And we held onto each other

Like brother to brother

We promised our mothers we'd write And we would all go down together

We said we'd all go down together

Yes we would all go down together Remember Charlie

Remember Baker

They left their childhood

On every acre

And who was wrong

And who was right

It didn't matter

in the thick of the fight We, held the day

In the palm of our hands

They, ruled the night

And the night, seemed to last

as long as six weeks

On Parris Island

We held the coastline

They held the highland

And they were sharp

As sharp as knives

They heard the hum of the mortars

They counted the rotors

And waited for us to arrive And we would all go down together

We said we'd all go down together

Yes we would all go down together