Well, daddy joined the Air Force Said, it was a good source Danger, love, and money, but it only led to divorce Ended up in Abilene Working at a Dairy Queen Put me in the Army on the day that I turned seventeen Here I am standin' in the desert with a gun Thought of going AWOL but I'm too afraid to run So I got myself a new plan Stealin' from the Taliban Make a little money turning poppies into heroin Sergeant didn't like it so they put me in a hole I said "It's easy shootin' when they don't know where to go." Threw me on a lily pad Sent me home to NORAD I knew I'd be in trouble but I didn't think it be this bad Stranger wearin' all black Met me on the tarmac Told him I was sorry but I ain't ever going back He said, you ain't in trouble son Learn to fight without a gun Got a new assignment now, you're working for the Pentagon Gonna get a trip, wouldn't tell me what it's for Gotta serve your country, gonna help us win the war MIT, Ph.D.'s, night and day, they're testing me Ain't what I was thinking but I'm being all that I can be I ain't no genius but I knew it wasn't right Eating uppers in the morning and LSD at night Send me off to deep space Help 'em win the arms race Ola me, oh mighty, but this shit has got a funny taste I think I hear the countdown Hundred feet above the ground Told me when I'm leavin' but a' nothing 'bout 'a coming down Sitting on a bad dream Thousand pounds of gasoline Ain't leavin' nothing but some rubble and my slipstream Mama always said, I should be aimin' for the moon Never would've guessed that I'd be passing by soon How the hell'd I get here? Blastin' through the atmosphere Drop the rocket boosters and I'm shiftin' into high gear Bowie on the system and a bottle on my knee Armstrong ain't got nothing on me Hey ho, here we go KMAG YOYO Someone wanna get me, gotta come up where the sun don't go I think I see a bright light Something 'bout it ain't right I laid down in a space ship Woke up in a firefight Trippin' from the morphine Came down in a bad scene God, don't let me die here, I ain't even 19 I won't ever ask you, Lord for anything again I'll swear it on the Bible, Torah or Koran Lyin' in a rhino track 'Bout to have a heart attack IED got to me, someone call the Medevac I need some fixin' after where it is I've been Never wanna go and try and shoot a gun again Slippin' out the back door Gonna join the Peace Corps Tell me, I'm a hero now, so Someone else can fight this war