I'm arriving on the day's last trainStepping on the platform trying to see you through the rainI don't know the ways you've changed since I leftAnd I really don't careI've done my tour of dutyNow I'm home and I ain't going anywhereI taught myself to tolerate the painOn the loneliness and boredom and the work I did in vainAll the work we did in vainNow I'm not the same as I wasI've done my tour of dutyNow I'll try to do what a civilian doesI promise not to bore you with my storiesAnd I promise not to scare you with my tearsI never would exaggerate the gloryI'll seem so satisfied hereI've been eating like I'm out on bailCollard greens and chicken wings, oysters by the pailEating oysters by the pailMaking up for those lost days'Cause I've done my tour of dutyAnd now I'm going to put you in my family wayWe'll laugh like little children telling secretsProbably cry like old women drinking gin'Cause I've done my tour of dutyNow I'm home and I ain't leaving here againI've done my tour of dutyNow I'm home and I ain't leaving here again
