i signed up nine years ago what else could i do a punk kid from the greatest land with everything to prove i didn t want nobody to crush these dreams of yours and mine i got a haircut and a uniform just sign there on the dotted line sign the dotted line shipped me off for the first time momma said son come home soon shipped me off the next time my wife said the baby will be due in june i came back for a third time with a second kid on the way now i m still here in this goddamn sand and that boy turns one today how much cheaper does the gasoline have to be how many more people do i have to see set free i do whatever it takes you see somebody please please tell me when do i get to come home oh the white guys send me over the black guy said he d send me home puppets talkin on tv arguin about right and wrong i m sure it s fun to talk about when your workday ends at five but me and my boys workday don t end unless we make it back home alive how much cheaper does the gasoline have to be how many more people do i have to see set free i do whatever it takes you see somebody please please tell me when do i get to come home when do i get to come home granddaddy fought in world war two until the germans all gave in daddy went to vietnam gave an arm to ho chi minh i got aches and pains in every bone i got and i just take it on the chin cause i m back here for a fourth time wonder what it s gonna take to win  how much cheaper does the gasoline have to be how many more people do i have to see set free i do whatever it takes you see somebody please won t you please tell me when do i get to come home when do i get to come home 