Tour of Duty

I'm riding on the day's last train
 Stepping on the platform, trying to see you through the rain
 I don't know the ways you've changed since I left
 And I really don't care
 I've done my tour of duty
 Now I'm home and I ain't going anywhere
 I taught myself to tolerate the pain
 All the loneliness and boredom and the work I did in vain
 All the work we did in vain
 Now I'm not the same as I was
 I've done my tour of duty
 Now I'll try to do what a civilian does
 And I promise not to bore you with my stories
 And I promise not to scare you with my tears
 And I never would exaggerate the glory
 I'll seem so satisfied here
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 I've been eating like I'm out on bail
 Collard greens and chicken wings and oysters by the pail
 Eating oysters by the pail
 Making up for those lost days
 'Cause I've done my tour of duty
 And now I'm going to put you in my family way
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 We'll laugh like little children telling secrets
 Probably cry like old women drinking gin
 'Cause I've done my tour of duty
 And now I'm home, and I ain't leaving here again
 I've done my tour of duty
 Now I'm home and I ain't leaving here again