Dave Alvin 1968 Lyrics

1968 Lyrics

Dave Alvin/Chris Gaffney



(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI/Calhoun Street Music/Ensaga Songs, BMI, Administered
by Bug Music)







 



Johnny gave Joe his first cigarette



And Joe lit the filter and then he smoked the whole pack



And Joe bought all the gas in Johnny's old Ford



He always said that's what friends were for.







When Johnny married Tina, Joe married Dee



Two blonde-haired sisters from Covington, Kentucky



And in ‘67 Johnny joined the Corps



Joe did too, but he never knew what for.







And tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain 



He's thinkin' ofsomeone, but he won't say the name



Folks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't



He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968.







Johnny went from job to job tryin' to make ends meet



And Tina divorced him back in ‘83



Now thirty years come and thirty years go



And Johnny's got a grandkid that he barely knows.







And tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain



He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name



Folks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't



He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968.







Well Dee calls Johnny every now and then



And talks about her children and her third husband



But when he asks about someone they used to know



Dee says, “Johnny that was so long ago.?







Tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain



He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name



Folks say he's a hero; he'll tell you ain't



He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968



He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968.