Michael Kahn

Sergeant Says

You’ve got miles to go till daybreak

Your sergeant says you’ve just begun

Your feet are sore your back is aching

Your pack weighs about half a ton

 

Sergeant says to keep on moving

Sergeant says to make good time

Sergeant says to keep on moving

And get your sorry butts in line

 

Now you know the day is coming

You know your feet will find the way

You know that camp is humming

You’ll be at peace there

For a day

One day

Okay

Then there’ll be hell to pay

 

Just three weeks back you were a kid

Now they say you are a man

You keep that gun oiled and clean

Or you know what will hit the fan

 

Chorus

 

Now you’ve got dreams that you’ve been saving

There’s a girl you know back home

There are things that you’ve been craving

But in the long run: you are alone

Alone

Alone

Forget that girl back home

 

Inspection is at 0500

You dumped your kitbag on the bed

Just why is that you’ve often wondered

The good guys seem to wind up dead

 

Chorus

 

Yeah keep your sorry butts in line

Yeah keep your sorry butts in line