Readjustment Blues (Live)-John Denver

[ti:Readjustment Blues (Live)] [ar:John Denver] [al:The Troubadour 1971 (live)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.20]Readjustment Blues (Live) - John Denver [00:01.04]Lyrics by：Bill Danoff [00:01.76]Composed by：Bill Danoff [00:15.67]Just out of the infantry this morning [00:22.99]I had to pay my dues across the sea [00:30.71]But no one back in boot camp ever warned me [00:37.99]What the readjustment blues would do to me [00:46.23]Welcome to Havannah [00:49.46]Said the pilot [00:53.84]We must have made a wrong turn on the way [01:01.45]Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet [01:08.92]If they don't know we're here we'll get away [01:16.92]Just as I had realized he was joking [01:24.37]I saw we were in Washington DC [01:32.13]'Cause there was all the patriotic buildings [01:40.18]Just like I had seen them on TV [01:48.41]It must have been a holiday [01:52.05]'Cause there was this parade [01:55.23]And people carried signs I couldn't read [01:59.72]That they had made [02:03.24]'Till I got closer [02:05.60]And my heart fell to my socks [02:10.43]There was a battle raging and [02:13.00]The air was filled with teargas and rocks [02:17.51]And there was the flag I'd fought against so often [02:24.74]The one I fought for hanging upside down [02:32.20]The wind was blowing hard [02:34.87]The dirt was flying [02:39.53]It made the city sky look dark and brown [02:47.30]I saw a girl she could have been my sister [02:54.55]Except her hair was long and in her face [03:01.88]She explained this was a demonstration [03:08.95]Against the war and for the human race [03:15.69]Now I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels [03:23.93]Cannibals yes and aliens galore [03:30.17]But I never thought I'd see so many people [03:37.91]Saying we don't want your war [03:45.66]The troops all had on uniforms [03:48.78]Just like the one I'd worn [03:52.16]But they were all domestic and my duty chose war [03:59.68]They carried guns just like the ones across the sea [04:05.92]Except this time I was the citizen [04:09.45]And they were pointing their guns at me [04:12.85]Yes I was just a citizen and [04:16.87]I was walking down the street [04:20.32]And it was just then that the Readjustment Blues [04:31.40]Got through to me