Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Far Afghanistan, artist - James Taylor. Album song Before This World, in the genre Date of issue: 14.06.2015
Record label: James Taylor
Song language: English
Far Afghanistan |
| Back home Indiana, we just learn to get along |
| Civilized and socialized they teach you right from wrong |
| How to hold your liquor and how to hold your tongue |
| How to hold a woman or a baby or a gun |
| But nothing will prepare you for the far Afghanistan |
| You can listen to their stories and pick up what you can |
| You listen to their stories maybe read a book or two |
| Until they send you out there, man you haven’t got a clue |
| Oh the Hindu Kush, the Band-e Amir, the Hazara |
| They tell you a tradition in the hills of Kandahar |
| They say young boys are taken to the wilderness out there |
| Taken to the mountain alone and in the night |
| If he makes it home alive they teach him how to fight |
| They fought against the Russians, they fought against the Brits |
| They fought old Alexander, talking ‘bout him ever since |
| And after 9/11 here comes your Uncle Sam |
| Another painful lesson in the far Afghanistan |
| I was ready to be terrified and ready to be mad |
| I was ready to be homesick, the worst I’ve ever had |
| I expected to be hated and insulted to my face |
| But nothing could prepare me for the beauty of the place |
| No matter what they tell you all soldiers talk to God |
| It’s a private conversation written in your blood |
| The enemy’s no different, badass holy wind |
| That crazy bastard talks to God and his God talks back to him |