Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Take the Star Out of the Window, artist - John Prine. Album song Diamonds In The Rough, in the genre
Date of issue: 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) |