Interpret:

John Denver

Album:

Aerie

Just out of the infantry this morning 
 I had to pay my dues across the sea 
 But no one back in boot camp ever warned me 
 What the readjustment blues would do to me 
 Welcome to Havannah", said the pilot 
 We must have made a wrong turn on the way 
 Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet 
 If they don't know we're here we'll get away 
 Just as I had realized he was joking 
 I saw we were in Washington D.C. 
 Cause there was all the patriotic buildings 
 Just like I had seen them on T.V. 
 It must have been a holiday 
 Cause there was this parade 
 People carried signs I couldn't read that they had made 
 Till I got closer and my heart fell to my socks 
 There was a battle raging and 
 The air was filled with teargas and rocks 
 There was the flag I'd fought against so often 
 The one I fought for hanging upside down 
 The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was flying 
 It made the city sky look dark and brown 
 I saw a girl, she could have been my sister 
 Except her hair was long and in her face 
 She explained this was a demonstration 
 Against the war and for the human race 
 Now I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels 
 Cannibals, yes, and aliens galore 
 But I never thought I'd see so many people 
 Saying we don't want your ----- war! 
 The troops all had on uniforms 
 Just like the one I'd worn 
 But they were all domestic and my duty chose war 
 They carried guns just like the ones across the sea 
 Except this time I was the citizen 
 And they were pointing their guns at me 
 Yes, I was just a citizen and 
 I was walking down the street 
 And it was just then that the Readjustment Blues 
 Got through to me