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Don't Spit On Me |
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I'm the soldier in the desert, the one that drives the
jeep
the veteran who never smiles �cause I have agony
beneath
and I know how it feels to fight during my sleep
I am that
vacant eyed old timer, who can't escape the
past
a single working mother trying to see my kids on
pass
You don't have to be my friend if it's too much to
askDon't spit on me, don't call
me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
For I
did what you would not
Risked my body defending you
Don't spit on me
I'm a cripple on the corner
You pass me on the street
I wouldn't be out here begging if I could hold a job
and
don't think I don't notice that our eyes never meet
I
lost my wife and little girl when the war came striking my
mind
The days we lay buddies in the ground, I lost my
mind
Right now I'm down to holding this little cardboard
signDon't spit on me, don't call me
names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
For I did
what you would not
Risked my body defending you
Don't
spit on me
I'm Fat, I'm thin
I'm Short, I'm tall
I'm deaf, I'm
blind
We gave it allDon't spit
on me, don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from
my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll
all have perfect wings
Don't spit on me
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By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2006
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August 24, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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