Galveston Bay-Bruce Springsteen

[ti:Galveston Bay(Album Version)] [ar:Bruce Springsteen] [al:The Ghost Of Tom Joad] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Galveston Bay - Bruce Springsteen [00:02.80]For 15 years Le Bin Son fought side by side with the Americans [00:11.10]In the mountains and deltas of vietnamin [00:15.97]'75 Saigon fell and he left his command [00:23.41]And brought his family to the promised land [00:30.91]Seabrook Texas and the small towns in the Gulf of Mexico [00:38.53]It was delta country and reminded him of home [00:47.35]He worked as a machinist put his money away [00:51.85]And bought a shrimp boat with his cousin [00:56.16]And together they harvested Galveston Bay [01:01.29]In the morning 'fore the sun come up [01:04.79]He'd kiss his sleeping daughter [01:09.22]Steer out through the channel [01:11.60]And cast his nets into the water [01:22.72]Billy Sutter fought with Charlie Company [01:26.16]In the highlands of Quang Tri [01:30.47]He was wounded in the battle of Chu Lai [01:33.66]Shipped home in '68 [01:39.29]There he married and worked the Gulf fishing grounds [01:44.10]In a boat that'd been his father's [01:47.85]In the morning he'd kiss his sleeping son [01:52.78]And cast his nets into the water [02:03.78]Billy sat in front of his TV as the south fell [02:10.35]And the Communists rolled into Saigon [02:14.66]He and his friends watched as the refugees came [02:19.41]Settled on the same streets [02:22.04]And worked the coast they'd grew up on [02:27.29]Soon in the bars around the harbor was talk [02:30.85]Of America for the Americans [02:35.10]Someone said "You want 'em out you got to burn 'em out " [02:39.47]And brought in the Texas Klan [02:47.22]One humid Texas night there were 3 shadows on the harbor [02:53.91]Come to burn the Vietnamese boats into the sea [02:59.16]In the fire's light shots rang out [03:02.91]2 Texans lay dead on the ground [03:06.79]Le stood with a pistol in his hand [03:11.53]A jury acquitted him in self-defense [03:16.16]As before the judge he did stand [03:20.91]But as Le walked down the courthouse steps [03:24.84]Billy said "My friend you're a dead man " [03:50.10]One late summer night Le stood watch along the waterside [03:57.48]Billy stood in the shadows [04:00.10]His k-bar knife in his hand [04:05.48]And the moon slipped behind the clouds [04:10.10]Le lit a cigarette the bay was still as glass [04:17.41]As he walked by Billy stuck his knife into his pocket [04:23.73]Took a breath and let him pass [04:30.29]In the early darkness Billy rose up [04:34.85]Went into the kitchen for a drink of water [04:40.29]Kissed his sleeping wife [04:43.66]Headed into the channel [04:45.98]And cast his nets into the water [04:49.91]Of Galveston Bay