And even now every time I dream
Well I remember one night Tex and me rappelled in on a hot L.Z.
It was a slow walk in a sad rain and nobody tried to be John Wayne
I spit in a bamboo viper's face and I'd be dead, but by God's grace
Drive on, it don't mean nothin'
We had our 16's on rock and roll and with all that fire I was scared and cold
I came home, but Tex did not and I can't talk about the hit he got
Drive on, it don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on
And I got a woman who knows her man
Drive on, it don't mean nothin'
You're a walkin' talkin' miracle from Vietnam
Drive on, it don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' drive on
I hear the men and the monkeys in the jungle scream
And I got a woman who knows her man
My children love me, but they don't understand
Took 'em twenty-five years to welcome me back"
And I got a little tremolo when I talk
Drive on, it don't mean nothin'
I was crazy, and I was wild and I have seen the tiger smile
But my letter read from Whiskey Sam
My children love me, but they don't understand
But, it's better than not coming back at all
But I got a little limp now when I walk
Many a good man I saw fall
My children love me, but they don't understand
And I got a woman who knows her man
He said "I think my country just a little off track
