Civilian Ways

Album: Let The Dominoes Fall (2009)
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    I hold the cold steel of my rifle
    As I dream of foreign lands
    And I promise myself
    I will cherish every moment I can
    But there's ghosts that
    Follow me around
    Everywhere I am
    When I say goodbye
    I try to be strong
    Now I'm going back to the U.S.
    Where I belong
    I ain't never alone
    The war seems to follow me home

    No longer an active soldier
    When I walk down the street
    I'm shaking hands
    With everyone that I meet
    And I watch everyone
    Wondering what they see

    Civilian ways are now
    What's foreign to me
    I came off a long tour
    I left this place in two or three
    May we never forget the sacrifices
    My friends made for me

    I live in Marysville
    Out on the county line
    And my brother and my mother
    Both visit me all the time
    And visions of you
    Are always running right
    Through my mind
    We always talk about
    What we're gonna do
    When the war is won
    We're gonna fix up them old cars
    And ride them into the sun
    When I heard you're no
    Longer with us
    Man I was done

    Civilian ways are now
    What's foreign to me
    I came off a long tour
    I left this place in two or three

    May we never forget the sacrifices
    My friends made for me
    May we never forget the sacrifices
    My friends made for me
    May we never forget the sacrifices
    My friends made for me Writer/s: LARS FREDERIKSEN, ROGER MATTHEW FREEMAN, TIMOTHY (USA) ARMSTRONG
    Publisher: Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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