| I was a P.F.C. |
| on search patrol, huntin' Charlie down
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| It was the jungle wars of '65
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| My weapon jammed and I got stuck way out all alone
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| I could hear the enemy moving in close outside
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| Just then I heard a twig snap and I grabbed my empty gun
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| And I dug in scared while I counted down my fate
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| And then a big marine, with a pair of friendly eyes
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| Appeared there at my shoulder and said «Wait.»
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| Charlie wants to tango, now he’ll have two to dance"
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| I said, «Well, thanks!» |
| I told him my name and asked him his
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| And he said «The boys just call me Camouflage»
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| Things are never quite the way they seem
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| I was awfully glad to see this big Marine
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| Well, we fought all night, side by side, took our battle stance
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| And I wondered how the bullets missed this man
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| Cause they seemed to go right through him just as if he wasn’t there
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| And in the mornin' we both took a chance and ran
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| And it was near the riverbank when the ambush came
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| And I thought this was the end, and we were had
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| Then a bullet with my name on it came buzzin' through a bush
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| And then the big Marine, he just swat it with his hand
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| Just like it was a fly…
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| Things are never quite the way they seem
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| I was awfully glad to see this big marine
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| When he led me outta danger I saw my camp and waved goodbye
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| He just winked at me from the jungle then was gone
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| When I got back to my H.Q., I told 'em about my night
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| And the battle I’d spent with a big Marine named Camouflage
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| When I said his name, a soldier gulped, and a medic took my arm
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| And led me to a green tent on the right
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| He said «You may be telling the truth, boy, but this here is Camouflage
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| And he’s been right here since he passed away last night
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| But before he went, he said Semper Fi, and said his only wish
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| Was to save a young Marine caught in a barrage»
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| «So here, take his dog tag, son, I know he’d want you to have it now»
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| Things are never quite the way they seem
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| I was awfully glad to see this big marine
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| Things are never quite the way they seem
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| This was an awfully big marine
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| Things are never quite the way they seem
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| Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage
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| This was an awfully big marine |