back to the world
Singer:curtis mayfield
crawlin' through the trees
stuck in mud up to the knees
wonderin' if the lord knows what it's for
and we boys was in a hell of a mess
i gotta keep my mind; take it slow
fightin' hard for what i don't know
i had a talk with little mom
strenuous face as she began to hum
my prayers must've been with ya
and now that you're back and done
in these city streets everywhere
you gotta be careful where you move your feet; how you part your hair
do you think that god could never forgive this life we live?
i've been beaten up and robbed
soldier boy ain't got no job
had a long stretch of sacrifice
gettin' back home will be awful nice
child your woman has long been gone
the doggone war just lasted too long
so i'm standin' here in future shock
it can give the mind an awful knock
i been beaten up and robbed
soldier boy ain't got no job
forgiveness instead of amnesty
simple words that seem so clear to me
truth from honesty is true
we'd don't seem to know what to do