You want her to try new things
She reminds you she wears your ring
After a couple drinks
She's a little scared of you
A good friend is hard to find
You wish you could spend more time
Towing civilian lines
But they're all scared of you
And it's not the time
It makes you feel
It makes it go bad
It's not the thought
Of what you could have had
It's not the way
That her figure has changed
It's just that a soldier gets strange
And you know she's a real good girl
She reminds you that every girl
Whips in the wind
Of the world
Is watched by the eyes of God
But lately your mane's gone white
You're witching your veins in the night
Before you came home all right
You wielded the light of life
It ain't the time to make yourself
It ain't the liquor that burns in your mouth
Nearly nothing around here's changed
It's just that a soldier gets strange
And she turns off the lights
So you can't see your buddy
You can't make her fight
When you know that you're wrong
They call you a hero
So many still fight
They call you a hero

Stay where you belong
Stay where you belong
Maybe you're a realist
Stay where you belong

Couldn't be worse than this
But think of the things you'll miss
If you're inside the wild again
It's not the dreams that keep you awake
It's not the world you saw in serenade
It's not the way that her figure has changed
It's just that a soldier gets strange
Most of all it gets strange
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