EQUIPMENT FAILURE
QUARTER MASTER COMP’NY
WATER FOOD AND FUEL
PHONE CALL IN DETENTION
NOT AN INTERVIEW
CONVOY NORTH OF BAGHDAD
TRUCKS WERE BROKE TO SHIT
I’M ONLY A RESERVIST
I DIDN’T JOIN FOR THIS
MUTINY OR REPRIMAND
A TENT WITH ARMOURED GUARDS
MAIN SUPPLY ROUTE TAMPA
YOU WON’T GET VERY FAR
ROADSIDE BOMBS AND HAND GRENADES
WELCOME TO OUR HOME
INFERIOR EQUIPMENT
RATTLES LIKE A BONE
SOLDIER IN THE SAND
SO FAR FROM HOME
BURNED OUT BROKEN LAND
SO FAR FROM HOME
JERRY RIGGED WITH PLYWOOD
CALLED A COFFIN RIDE
FULLY ARMOURED VEHICLES
COULD SAVE A YOUNG MAN’S LIFE
SHORT ON AMMUNITION
NIGHT VISION GOGGLES TOO
LEFTOVERS FROM VIETNAM
THEY TOLD US TO MAKE DO
SOLDIER IN THE SAND …
PARENTS BUYING COMBAT GEAR
FROM LOCAL FIVE & DIMES
SPENDING BILL UP ON THE HILL
CONGRESS TAKES ITS TIME
REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR ABRAM TANKS
BULLETS FOR TO TRAIN
PAY THE PET BILL LEADERSHIP
PORK BARREL PROJECT SHAME
SOLDIER IN THE SAND …
CRISIS IN THE BAYOU
NATIONAL GUARD COMES LATE
WOULD FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
PREVENT THE LEVEE BREAK?
EQUIPMENT FOR HIGHWATER
TIED UP IN IRAQ
3000 MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
AND THEY AIN’T COMIN’ BACK
SOLDIER IN THE FLOOD
RIGHT HERE AT HOME
LOOTERS IN THE MUD
RIGHT HERE AT HOME
SOLDIER IN THE SAND ...
Jon Houlon, Hillside Blue Music, 2007
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