How strange my life now seems
Though older still haunted by the dreams
Things I put behind me years ago
Now come back and sadden me so
Trying to forget the past is a useless task
As I grow much older extremely fast
Questions still weigh upon my mind
Seeking answers I wish not to find
Coming home 40 years ago with pain
Wanting to lock away the jungle and the rain
That ever present rain that soaked the soul
Steaming hot the air but the rain so cold
Never losing that feeling of single loneliness
Searching through the dark for brothers in arms to trust
Memories of the ones lost still fresh
Knowing we all tried our best
An almost forgotten war in history
So many not knowing its mystery
Soon we that fought in that distance place
Will fade and disappear without a trace
History books will try to explain that Vietnam war
You can not grasp what we have had to endure
Unless you were there in the rain at night
Cold shivering and so full of fright