Veteran's Hospital Song-Simon Joyner

[ti:Veteran's Hospital Song] [ar:Simon Joyner] [al:Beautiful Losers: Singles And Compilation Tracks 1994-1999] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Veteran's Hospital Song - Simon Joyner [00:12.17]Open his chest you'll see [00:14.01] [00:14.79]He's got a purple heart [00:16.69] [00:17.46]It's a souvineir he brought back from the war [00:20.95] [00:23.12]He got shot in 42 [00:25.26] [00:25.83]But somehow survived the mortal wound [00:28.83]His mama must've dipped him in the river [00:30.60] [00:31.18]By his ankle [00:32.31] [00:35.19]He lost a day crossing [00:36.80] [00:37.75]The internation dateline [00:39.86]But he had a nurse in his arms [00:41.87]Kicking and laughing [00:43.35] [00:45.28]He was such a glorious grunt [00:47.69]With his dog tags flashing in the sun [00:50.80]I saw him on the cover of life magazine [00:55.18] [00:56.49]And you can see him now [00:58.22] [00:58.76]He's right there sleeping [01:00.97] [01:02.99]In the middle of the day [01:06.86] [01:08.50]The decorated are dissapearing [01:11.70] [01:12.50]In Montgomery [01:14.38] [01:17.51]In Montgomery [01:20.89] [01:21.54]In Montgomery [01:25.95] [01:35.27]Was it 1945 [01:38.48]He made it back alive [01:40.87]And nearly choked on falling white confetti [01:44.59] [01:46.32]Marching down the boulevard [01:48.98]Feet in sync and hand to heart [01:51.42] [01:52.09]Rosie the Riveter was there waving [01:56.31] [01:57.85]He's got a roomate now [01:59.79]He's a former slide trombone [02:02.66]In Lawrence Welk's well oiled machine [02:06.57] [02:08.50]He doesn't know he was famous [02:10.63]He doesn't even know what his name is [02:13.36]Go ahead and snap your fingers [02:15.53]A one and a two and a three [02:17.97] [02:20.15]And you can see him now [02:22.35]He's right there sleeping [02:24.42] [02:26.89]In the middle of the day [02:29.21] [02:32.01]The decorated are dissapearing [02:35.39] [02:36.16]In Montgomery [02:38.58] [02:40.97]In Montgomery [02:43.66] [02:44.99]In Montgomery [02:49.22] [02:52.87]He's never out of uniform [02:55.18] [02:56.06]They just changed the colors on it [02:57.88] [02:58.81]Ever seen a foot soldier dressed in white [03:02.17] [03:03.74]But he thinks he's camoflauged [03:05.57] [03:06.31]And he's preparing an ambush [03:08.86]'Cause all the angels go dive bombing at night [03:13.67] [03:16.62]In Montgomery [03:18.43] [03:21.75]In Montgomery [03:23.91] [03:26.45]In Montgomery [03:31.01] [03:31.56]In Montgomery [03:35.61]In Montgomery