Love Is A Never Ending War Lyrics - David Allan Coe

Love Is A Never Ending War (D. Blackwell) 

Well I dozed off in the back of the bus 

To the groan of the Greyhounds throttle 

And I woke to crack of a paper sack 

And a cork poppin' from a bottle 

I tell you son the old man said 

It was hell in world war two 

As he rolled up his pant leg 

I saw the wood that filled his shoe 

The younger man who followed him in opened up his vest 

Showed the older soldier where he caught one in the chest 

Both of them had purple hearts for the hell that they've been through 

Well I don't have no purple heart mine's just black and blue 

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Oh love is a never ending war 

March me into action 

And we'll train for what's in store 

You win some and you lose some 

But I believe in what I'm fightin' for 

Oh love is a never ending war 

They where half-way through that bottle 

And they where gettin' high 

I never fought in those two wars 

But Lord my throat was dry 

So I showed them scars and stitches 

Inflicted by Maria 

But I didn't think that would give me a drink 

So I blamed it on Korea 

I parted my hair and I showed them where 

I got shrapnel from a grenade 

I just couldn't tell it was where Annabelle 

Put a glas of lemonade 

How that I've been tortured by the blade of a bajonet 

And I never forget that hot August night 

And the fingernails of Jeanet 

Chorus 

As I neared my destination I saw tears well in their eyes 

Partly from the drinkin' but mostly from my lies 

And they stood up to salute me 

As I stepped down from the bus 

And out of the open window they yelled 

Give her hell for us 

Chorus