The Things That I Have Seen-Richard Shindell

[ti:The Things That I Have Seen] [ar:Richard Shindell] [al:Blue Divide] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Things That I Have Seen - Richard Shindell [00:14.33]I was proud to be the soldier [00:16.47] [00:17.03]I had been since Eighty-three [00:19.11] [00:20.00]When I joined to pay for college [00:22.20] [00:22.92]Like my brothers before me [00:24.79] [00:25.72]I was proud to serve my country [00:28.10] [00:28.64]And to be a fine Marine [00:30.85] [00:31.43]But pride can not protect me [00:33.51] [00:34.29]From the things that I have seen [00:37.24] [00:45.10]When they shipped us out of Norfolk [00:47.26] [00:47.81]My family came to wave [00:50.02] [00:50.76]My Mama stood there [00:52.64]Choking back the tears and looking brave [00:55.70] [00:56.51]And though we never spoke of it [00:59.31]We all feared it just the same [01:01.15] [01:02.14]Now they tell me I should talk about [01:05.17]The things that I have seen [01:08.32] [01:10.76]I was trained to take the good shot [01:13.06] [01:13.68]I was trained to clean my gun [01:15.70] [01:16.53]They trained me not to talk back [01:18.85] [01:19.49]And they trained me not to run [01:21.61]I was trained to be as silent [01:24.24] [01:25.04]As the shadow of a hawk [01:26.68] [01:27.43]But no one trained me for the silence [01:30.73]Of the things that I have seen [01:34.10] [01:41.80]Once I saw an accident [01:44.29]Out on Old Rt 17 [01:45.82] [01:47.22]Mama told me not to look at it [01:49.51] [01:50.08]As we slowly passed the scene [01:52.22] [01:52.83]Thought the image of that wreckage [01:55.82]Was burned into my brain [01:57.91] [01:59.07]That did not prepare me [02:01.51]For the things that I have seen [02:05.13] [02:07.15]I thought I was a good man [02:09.74] [02:10.31]I thought I was elite [02:11.89] [02:13.07]I thought I'd fight the good fight [02:15.31] [02:15.94]That I'd never see defeat [02:18.01]And then we won that bloody war [02:20.49] [02:21.15]How we laughed at their retreat [02:23.25] [02:24.31]Now I wage a losing battle [02:27.12]Against the things that I have seen [02:30.74] [02:57.78]To be glad modern science [03:00.13] [03:00.76]Has given us so much [03:02.70] [03:03.50]We can rifle through the channels [03:05.82] [03:06.52]Without ever standing up [03:08.31] [03:09.26]But I can't find a station [03:11.67] [03:12.20]That's finally had enough [03:13.59] [03:14.75]Of this morbid fascination [03:17.17] [03:17.80]With the things that I have seen [03:21.34] [03:23.56]And me I can't stop dreaming [03:25.72] [03:26.43]Of the things that I have seen