Soldiers of the Same War

Carl called... told me they found a little trouble
 There after all
 Everything had stalled... he told me just the
 Other day
 That Todd had gone AWOL
 In his uniform, a toy soldier since the day he
 Was born
 He felt a storm... he had a musket and a bottle
 And a bugle horn
 We've been runnin' for a thousand years
 Seeking a rainbow on a trail of tears
 Were we warriors or mutineers
 I can't even tell anymore
 We were soldiers of the same war
 We were soldiers of the same war
 Sammy said, "I'm not sure if you heard, but
 Alicia's dead
 She was naked in her bed
 She had a pistol and a bible and a marionette"
 Sidewalk Joe, he was holding court with Mickey
 And Bobby O
 He said, "I told you so, Jesus left town a long
 Time ago"
 We've been fighting for a thousand years
 Trading our emotions for some souvenirs
 Were we warriors, or mutineers
 Just like our fathers before
 We were soldiers of the same war
 We were soldiers of the same war
 Three on a match in the devil's lair
 The gutters gut the gutless in a moonlit prayer
 I saw them advancing, but I could not seem to
 Run
 Run away
 Me, you ask? I could tell you how we fell so far,
 So fast
 Running from your past, with a bayonet, a white
 Flag
 And some photographs
 Babe, I'd die for you, and lately it seems like you
 Want me to
 Yeah you know it's true,
 Do you know what the darkness can really do
 We've been runnin' for a thousand years
 Spinnin' our wheels and grinding gears
 Were we warriors or mutineers
 I can't even tell anymore
 We were soldiers of the same war