It Ain’t Right
Verse 1
Young people enlist in the services
An act done in good faith
They understand the physical risk
We take them in our embrace
We train them hard in the field
Teach them how to be strong
Then cut them loose overseas
Our country to represent alone
Chorus
No it just ain’t right
Men and women go overseas
Then they return to us broken
From a hidden sinister disease
Verse 2
No comprehension of what they face
Permanent guard against harm
Camaraderie their only ally
As they battle to keep calm
Sleepless nights in alien lands
Surrounded by the stench of death
Only trained medical staff
To help them physically mend
Chorus
No it just ain’t right
Men and women go overseas
Then they return to us broken
From a hidden sinister disease
Verse 3
Deep inside these souls
A sinister injury awaits
Festering, building, growing
It’s progress wont abate
Heroes soon return home
Ill prepared for the life that follows
They arrive with little fanfare
And few plans for tomorrow
Chorus
No it just ain’t right
Men and women go overseas
Then they return to us broken
From a hidden sinister disease
Verse 4
Their lives out of step
With those all around
The horrors from the past
Are soon bringing them down
Work is hard to find
Support is non-existent
They start a downward spiral
Hope seeming far and distant
Chorus
No it just ain’t right
Men and women go overseas
Then they return to us broken
From a hidden sinister disease
Verse 5
Some reach for the bottle
Some take solace in a pill
Some reach for a firearm
Their tortured soul needs to be killed
People that are heroes of our country
Completely laid to waste
As we continue to ignore their needs
It really is a national disgrace
Chorus
No it just ain’t right
Men and women go overseas
Then they return to us broken
From a hidden sinister disease