A Gamble Without Any Gain
Verse 1 (A)
We declared War
On a Terrorist Nation
No One Considered the Cost.
Thousands of Men
Died for Our Country
It's been a Terrible Loss
Chorus (B)
Many Men cried as Their Brothers were Slaughtered.
They still Hear the Sound of Their Screams.
No One was There; No One Cared.
Nightmares just Poison their Dreams.
Verse 2 (A2)
Some returned in a Body Bag
To be Buried Six Feet Under.
Others came Back Crippled and Lost.
Those who could Walk
After they fought,
Are Trying to quiet their Dark Thoughts.
Chorus (B)
Many Men cried as Their Brothers were Slaughtered
They still hear the Sound of Their Screams.
No One was There; No One Cared.
Nightmares just Poisoned their Dreams.
Verse 3 (A3)
America endures the Scars of War.
People Live Under Stripes and Stars.
PTSD infected our Bravest Men
They've Lost all their Friends.
In Silence They hear Endless Thunder
No Peace For Those who went Insane.
Coda
They're Living on the Border
Between One World and Another.
They'll never be the Same.
They Answered Freedom's Call
And came back after going insane.
It's a Gamble without any Gain.
Insanity was the price of Freedom
A Gamble without any Gain.
There's no cure for being in Pain.
A Gamble.....A Gamble..... without any Gain....no Peace....for those Insane.
Kevin S. "Kiki" Merigian © July 2016