from the whisky bottle of broken dreams the sandman pours another one

oh look at how the time goes past and memories fade
you can tell by the age in their eyes and the scars they wear
they've been places no one should be
the nine dragon river is a long ways from tennessee
back in a time when ho chi minh city was place called saigon 
were going to save the world they said 
oh bartender if you please 
and from the whisky bottle of broken dreams 
the sandman pours another one

oh look at how the time goes past and memories fade
you can tell by the age in their eyes and the scars they wear
they've been places no one should be
followed storman norman across the desert sand 
took some place called Kuwait back now they're going to be free ? 
oh bartender if you please 
and from the whisky bottle of broken dreams 
the sandman pours another one

oh look at how the time goes past and memories fade
you can tell by the age in their eyes and the scars they wear
they've been places no one should be
seems like everyone but the soldiers getting killed in a place called afghanistan has forgotten september 11 2001 
remember Everyone was pissed off and we were going to save the .....

Now their just tearing down statue's on the courthouse lawn saying their saving the world ?
oh bartender if you please 
and from the whisky bottle of broken dreams 
the sandman pours another one

~ D Donner ~

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zoeycup16's picture

Wow!!!!!

You hit the nail right on the head!! I hope others read this poem and take it to heart like I did!!! The part of the poem that talks about 911 especially!!! I never forgot 911 but my life has been so filled with more downs then ups that I haven't thought about it and reading this poem put my downs  into perspective for me thank you for that!!!!