Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Take the Star Out of the Window , by - John Prine. Song from the album Diamonds In The Rough, in the genre Release date: 08.12.1981
Record label: Atlantic
Song language: English
Take the Star Out of the Window |
| Robert was a sailor |
| For the best years of his life |
| His captain was his mother |
| And the ocean was his wife |
| Only fresh out of the cradle |
| Lifes one and only spring |
| He was sworn to do his duty |
| And got blood on his highschool ring |
| And its hello california |
| Hello dad and mom |
| Ship ahoy |
| Your baby boy |
| Is home from vietnam |
| Dont you ask me any questions |
| bout the medals on my chest |
| Take the star out of the window |
| And let my conscience take a rest |
| Now he sailed across the ocean |
| To the old far eastern war |
| And it was foreign to his body |
| It was foreign to his shore |
| So he traded in the present |
| For the better times hed seen |
| And made an oriental waitress |
| His own home comin queen |
| (repeat chorus) |