Out in the streets
The battles we fight
Begin in our hearts
Persist in our minds
Signed up for service
A war in Iraq
That boy came home
Not all made it back
Out in the heat
Down in the dirt
Smoke in the air
Friend's blood on his shirt
Signed up to serve
A confident man
Whose bravado got swallowed
In bomb blasted sand
Draped in the flag won't keep you warm
What good are medals when you ain't got a home
Did his tour of duty
Prayed for a peace treaty
Now his world's in pieces
Out on the streets
Home in the states
His devoted wife
Was eager to have
Him back in her life
But he'd become
An overcast sky
Blue turned grey
In his unsettled eyes
She cried out
"Please get some help
This isn't a war
You can win by yourself"
Did his tour of duty
Prayed for a peace treaty
Now his world's in pieces
Out on the streets
He wasn't shot at every night
But it all adds up to scar graffiti
He lies down every night
Under a torn up coat and scar graffiti
