I got the news on the satellite phone
Jason come home Jason dear
I heard it on the forest floor
Six years of back country trails to the lake
Machete and snake, machete I learned
To cradle in the Ols State Park
Roosevelt '33, he had a plan
For every young man
Give him an ax and a seed
Give him a pack and a tree
Teach him to care for himself
Give hime fresh air for this health
Send money back to family
Back to Baltimore
The tallboy convenience store
The indifferent, the endless war
And I know what that is
And I know what that is
And I don't need it anymore
But I have to go home
Luke was the son of some well-to-do-folk
My family was broke, but we became friends
The parking lot, the chewed up field
I started in the park just as he was going in
A hard eight to ten for selling to kids
My momma worked the country jail
Roosevelt's Tree Army, under the sun
The work would be done while America
Bled by the greed of the rich
The boys planted trees and found God in the pitch
They stared at the sod in each fist
Why am I telling you this ?
Is it that i'm nervous to be going back ?
Back to Baltimore
The tallboy convenience store
The indifferent, the endless war
And I know what that is
And I know what that is
And I don't need it anymore
But I have to go home
Luke I guess got himself into a fight
Took him to the infirmary later that night
Nothing serious sure but next morning he died
The the satellite phone with the crew
Which meant I didn't cry
I'm taking the train to take time for my thoughts
Pregnant with loss, preparing for all
The things that maybe make you feel
I'll pay my respects and then i'll take a walk
The neighborhoos block and then I will leave
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