Our boys came home to no parades
   Only horror stories and shallow graves
Of the many friends they left behind
   In a wartorn land full of mines

They got no praise or job well done
   For shame befell our veteran sons
There were only jeers instead of cheers
   I can still see those flowing tears

I had family over there you see
   And I was proud of what they did for me
Of all the wars both won and lost
   This one had the greatest cost

Bodies tore and spirits crushed
   I didn't think they asked too much
For doing duty obeying commands
   Grubbing in the harshest land

I heard their screams rage in their sleep
   It moved me so I started to weep
I could not wipe their fear away
   Or promise there would be better days

They gave their all, they did their best
   Our country put them to the test
Then turned their back when they came home
   Left to suffer on their own

"Casualties of war," you say...
   Happens somewhere every day"
But not here in our U.S.A.
   After Vietnam