before the war

i don't know nothing 'bout nobody or no one

the whiskey keeps me talking 'til my money's all gone

the only soul i have is in these worn out shoes

i'm just another monkey that's on the juice

now i got a new pair of boots

a rifle i can keep

a tattooed sacred heart

a paycheck each week

i'm a fighter not a lover

a rolling stone

a girl i never met sends me letters from back home

before the war

i was lost without a sign

before the war

it was the devil all the time

before the war

iwas going out of my mind

before the war

from cowboys and indians to the pool halls and cinema

i played in the streets

i prayed in the bars

now i'll march in time until i can't dance no more

you don't know what you lose

when you never ha dit before

before the war

i was lost without a sign

before the war

it was the devil all the time

before the war

i was going out of my mind

before the war

now listen to me. if you saw how i used to live

you would have died

now i got a band of brothers fighting right by my side

i don't want this war party to come to an end

cuz back there brutha i'm as good as dead

before the war

i was lost without a sign

before the war

it was the devil all the time

before the war

i was going out of my mind

before the war