the blinding of isaac woodard

my name is isaac woodard

my tale i'll tell you

i'm sure it'll sound so terrible you might not think it true

i joined up with the army

they sent me overseas

through the battles of new guinea and in the philippines

on the 13th day of february of 1946

they sent me to atlanta and i got my discharge pin

i caught the bus for winsboro

going to meet my wife

then we were coming to new york city to visit my parents both

about an hour out of atlanta

the sun was going down

we stopped the bus at a drugstore in a little country town

i walked up to the driver and i looked him in the eye

i'd like to go to the washroom