Xmas In February Lyrics - Reed Lou

Sam was lyin' in the jungle 

agent orange spread across the sky like marmalade 

Hendrix played on some foreign jukebox 

they were praying to be saved 

Those gooks were fierce and fearless 

That's the price you pay when you invade 

Xmas in February 

Sam lost his arm in some border town 

his fingers are mixed with someone's crop 

If he didn't have that opium to smoke 

the pain would never ever stop 

Half his friends are stuffed into black body bags 

with their names printed at the top 

Xmas in February 

Sammy was a short order cook in a 

short order black and blue collar town 

Everybody worked the steel mill but 

the steel mill got closed down 

He thought if he joined the Army 

he'd have a future that was sound 

Like no Xmas in February 

Sam's staring at the Vietnam Wall 

It's been a while now that he's home 

His wife and kid have left, he's unemployed 

He's a reminder of the war that wasn't won 

He's the guy on the street with the sign that reads 

"Please help send this Vet home" 

But he is home 

And there's no Xmas in February 

No matter how much he saves