Sawdust Saloon

1971, hung up a chicken bone
 On the old chandelier at the sawdust saloon
 The medical exam had cleared me to fight
 My mother said stay and I thought that I might
 My brother said stay that's when I left
 Never know who might be called in your stead
 So I showed up on time to meet my platoon
 And hung up a bone in the sawdust saloon
 With Jimmy Tassone, I used to play ball
 Now he sits here beside me and talks like a man
 He looks like a man, says he shoots like a man
 But no medal of honor will make his Mom move back in
 So he said my drunk father, I'll be back for you soon
 But Jimmy still hangs in the sawdust saloon
 And I love my country with a deep frenzied love
 Her legs spread out wide her nose turned up
 So I showed up on time to meet my platoon
 And hung up a bone in the sawdust saloon
 The candle in the window, the coin in the well
 The break in your voice, the crack in the bell
 All raise up a round, without saying a word
 To them old dusty bones and the good men that served