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CAMOUFLAGE
(STAN RIDGWAY)
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1. I was a PFC on a search patrol huntin' Charlie down,
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it was in the jungle wars of sixty-five.
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My weapon jammed and I got stuck way out and all alone,
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and I could hear the enemy movin' in close outside.
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Just then I heard a twig snap and I grabbed my empty gun,
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and I dug in scared while I counted down my fate.
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And then a big marine, a giant with a pair of friendly eyes,
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appeared there at my shoulder and said wait.
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2. When he came in close beside me he said, "Don't worry, son,
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I'm here, if Charlie wants to tangle now he'll have two to dodge."
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I said, "Well, thanks a lot." I told him my name and asked him his,
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and he said, "The boys just call me Camouflage."
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Whoa .... Camouflage. Things are never quite the way they seem.
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Whoa .... Camouflage. I was awfully glad to see this big marine.

3. We fought all night and side by side, we took our battle stance,
and I wondered how the bullets missed this man.
Cause they seemed to go right through him, as if he wasn't there
and in the morning we both took a chance and ran.
And it was near the river bank when the ambush came on top of us,
and I'd thought it was the end and we were had.
Then a bullet with my name on it came buzzin' through a bush,
and that big marine he just swat it with his hand.
Just like it was a fly.
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And I knew there was something weird about him,
cause when I turned around he was pullin' a big palm tree,
right up out of the ground.
And swattin' those Charlies with it from here to Kingdom come.
4. When he led me out of danger, I saw my camp and waved goodbye.
But he just winked at me from the jungle and then was gone.
And when I got back to my HQ, I told 'em about my night.
And the battle I'd spent with a big marine named Camouflage.
When I said his name a soldier gulped and a medic took my arm,
and led me to a green tent on the right.
He said, "You may be tellin' the truth boy, but this here is Camouflage.
And he's been right here since he passed away last night."
5. But before he went, he said, "Semper Fi," and said his only wish,
was to save a young marine caught in a barrage.
So here, take his dog tag son, I know he'd want you to have it now.
And we both said a prayer for a big marine named Camouflage.
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M + T: Stanard Ridgway
© 1985 Illegal Songs lnc, USA
Warner/Chappell Overseas Holdings Ltd, London W6 SBS
Reproduced by permission of Faber Music Ltd
All Rights Reserved
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(STAN RIDGWAY)
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