Mick Brady: Lyrics

 

I heard him singing in the parking lot

“Take this badge offa me”

Home-made sign said he was homeless

Beat up banjo on his knee

Soldier’s jacket round his shoulders

Red bandana on his head

Guys like him all round this country

The walking wounded, the living dead

I saw the news today

Young kids on their way

Daddies proud, Mommas crying

But that's the price you have to pay

I saw the news today

I stopped and listened to him singing

“Put my guns in the ground”

The way he played you could believe him

You kinda knew he’d been around

Banners hanging from the drugstore

Faded red, white and blue

Said “Welcome home to all our heroes

Appreciate what you do”

© Mick Brady