Bakersfield Lyrics - The War Effort

We had the beach we had no shame to walk it 

And to talk about the high tides 

Where the seagulls fall to depths that bring no tears to our crying eyes 

Couldn't talk about the current that followed you 

Count the guns one and two 

Where the grass lays sideways 

And the people two and three 

That was enough for me to call you back to Bakersfield 

The kids they like the way they want it, but so it seems 

They laugh, they love the songs about heart ache, but I'm not sure what the means 

The cat that ran, they sew the seeds, but find a way from all this coughing 

But boy you hardly know what you've done 

Hopeful mothers wait for the Spring 

Young gun graveyards wait for anything 

Take one good look at the Sun and tell me which ones yours 

No one runs when they're reassured