Love Is a Never Ending War-David Allan Coe

[ti:Love Is a Never Ending War] [ar:David Allan Coe] [al:Crazy Daddy] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Love Is a Never Ending War - David Allan Coe [00:11.26]Well I dozed off in the back of the bus [00:13.58]To the groan of the Greyhounds throttle [00:15.96] [00:16.56]And I woke to crack of a paper sack [00:19.23]And a cork poppin' from a bottle [00:21.19] [00:21.73]I tell you son the old man said [00:24.77]It was hell in world war two [00:26.85] [00:29.36]As he rolled up his pant leg [00:31.30] [00:31.81]I saw the wood that filled his shoe [00:33.99] [00:35.96]The younger man [00:37.18]Who followed him in opened up his vest [00:40.60] [00:41.68]Showed the older soldier [00:43.47]Where he caught one in the chest [00:46.26] [00:47.28]Both of them had purple hearts for the hell [00:50.35]That they've been through [00:51.78] [00:54.63]Well I don't have no purple heart [00:56.26] [00:57.11]Mine's just black and blue [00:59.20]Oh love is a never ending war [01:03.18] [01:05.09]March me into action [01:06.96]And we'll train for what's in store [01:09.86] [01:11.90]You win some and you lose some [01:14.56]But I believe in what I'm fightin' for [01:18.83] [01:19.45]Oh love is a never ending war [01:23.96] [01:25.22]They where half-way through that bottle [01:27.10] [01:27.87]And they where gettin' high [01:30.17] [01:30.70]I never fought in those two wars [01:33.28]But Lord my throat was dry [01:36.07]So I showed them scars and stitches [01:38.06] [01:38.78]Inflicted by Maria [01:40.67] [01:43.59]But I didn't think that would give me a drink [01:45.25]So I blamed it on Korea [01:47.71] [01:49.82]I parted my hair and I showed them where [01:52.32]I got shrapnel from a grenade [01:54.43] [01:55.39]I just couldn't tell it was where Annabelle [01:57.88]Put a glas of lemonade [01:59.81] [02:00.87]How that I've been tortured [02:02.62] [02:03.31]By the blade of a bajonet [02:05.38] [02:07.38]And I never forget that hot August night [02:09.72]And the fingernails of Jeanet [02:12.44]Oh love is a never ending war [02:16.32] [02:18.26]March me into action [02:19.94]And we'll train for what's in store [02:22.92] [02:24.93]You win some and you lose some [02:27.38]But I believe in what I'm fightin' for [02:31.72] [02:32.40]Oh love is a never ending war [02:36.63] [02:38.43]As I neared my destination [02:39.90] [02:40.70]I saw tears well in their eyes [02:42.59] [02:44.25]Partly from the drinkin' [02:45.40] [02:46.75]But mostly from my lies [02:48.16] [02:48.82]And they stood up to salute me [02:51.14]As I stepped down from the bus [02:53.57] [02:55.77]And out of the open window they yelled [02:57.83] [02:59.00]Give her hell for us [03:00.61]Oh love is a never ending war [03:04.57] [03:06.48]March me into action [03:08.35]And we'll train for what's in store [03:11.28] [03:13.27]You win some and you lose some [03:15.71]But I believe in what I'm fightin' for [03:20.00] [03:20.74]Oh love is a never ending war [03:25.20] [03:26.07]Oh love is a never ending war [03:29.96] [03:31.76]March me into action [03:33.32]And we'll train for what's in store [03:36.34] [03:38.41]You win some and you lose some [03:40.80]But I believe in what I'm fightin' for [03:45.04] [03:45.89]Oh love is a never ending war