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In 197--
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--1, I hung up chicken bone
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On the old chandelier at the Sawdust Saloon
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Medical exam cleared me to fight
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My mother said stay and I thought that I might
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When my brother said stay that's when I went
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'Cause you never know who might go in your stead
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So I showed up on time to meet my platoon
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And hung up a bone in the Sawdust Saloon
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With Jimmy Tassone, I used to play ball
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Now he sits here beside me and talks like a man
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Looks like a man, he says he shoots like a man
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But no medal of honor could make his Mom move back in
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So he said, "My drunk father, I'll be back for you soon."
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But Jimmy still hangs in the Sawdust Saloon
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And I love my country with a deep frenzied love
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Her legs spread out wide and her nose turned up
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So I showed up on time to meet my platoon
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And hung up a bone in the Sawdust Saloon
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The candle in the window, the coin in the well
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The break in your voice, and the crack in the bell
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All raise up a round, without saying a word
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To them old dusty bones and those good men that served
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Who showed up on time to meet the platoon
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And hung up the bones at the Sawdust Saloon