well i been around this world a million times and i fought in all the fox holes and the lines i have rode every ship that rides the foam and i know just what ill do when i get home yes i know just what ill do when i get home and i know just what ill do when i get home i lifted and i carried and i hauled i answered all the bugles and the calls and at every sinking of the sun i thought of what ill do when i get home yes i know just what ill do when i get home and i know just what ill do when i get home im gonna keep my fires burning im gonna keep my wheels a turning im gonna keep my people free when i get home i lifted your shells and dropped your bombs saw this town and other towns blowed down i talked to every joe in the kingdom come told him everything ill do when i get home yes i know just what ill do when i get home and i know just what ill do when i get home im gonna keep my fires burning im gonna keep my wheels a turning im gonna keep my people free when i get home