This Was a Man

Step out of bath
Look in the mirror
My eyes so sad
It makes me shiver

But I feel like a fist in a boxing glove
Ready to reveal my self and ready for love

And yet I'm locked up
For ten months in a row
All's fucked up
In this army shit show

But I sing a song to the rude farm boys
Moved to tears and pulled out of the white noise

I seem to be confused and feel abused
But nature will rise and will woo the jailbirds
With the words
"This is a man"

The major says we do it all for liberation
But the first thing he abolishes is emancipation
All we need in this world is simplification
Order and discipline are our only salvation

Spineless and weak
When I'm released
My future looks bleak
Like I'm deceased

But I have heard what I've been searching for
Filthy and dirty my music will sound like war

I seem to be confused and feel abused
But nature will rise and will woo the jailbirds
With the words
"This was a man"

It's May 1976 when I rejoin civilian life