Thirty Year Man

I knew when i enlisted

Military life existed

For they break ya down

Destroy you by degrees

But than any kind of living

Would be just as unforgiving

For the outside, like the inside

Ain't no breeze

And though you give up your ambition

You do so on one condition

That some other bastard has to make the plan

Ooh it's the same old G.I. story

You don't sell your soul for glory

But for freedom to leave thinking to the man

I wanted out!

From being poorer than poor

From Kentucky where I knew I couldn't win

I wanted out!

And the only light I saw

Was the army and I knew I wanted in

Thirty year man

Thirty year man

Thirty year man

We're told the war is coming

That the bombs will soon be humming

That this paradise will soon be up the creek

So get your shit together, hurry!

But I say there ain't no worry

I got thirty years so what's another week?

Ooh this is white trash

I'll be waiting

Be no problem contemplating

Different people marching to the same old drum

Jews, Italians, Hispanics, Polaks, Negro's

No one panics

I got thirty years I'll take them as they come

One thing I want (One thing I want)

And shall see me alright

There's a shack up waiting on the edge of town

I want her now (I want her now)

But I'll settle for tonight

Golden body and the soft is going down

Thirty year man

Thirty year man

Thirty year man

So the army's my family

It feeds me

Keeps me well

And the life outside

Was sure a living hell

So give me my order sergeant

Just don't give me a plan

You've got your volunteer

Robert E. Lee Prewitt

I'm your man

(Thirty year man, thirty year man

Thirty year man, thirty year man)

There's no one out there that I miss

No one cares if I exist

Best thing I did was enlist

For thirty years