Laura Sandage: Listen
Marlboro Man
(Laura Sandage)
MARLBORO MAN
Laura Sandage 2004
He's only a boy of twenty
But they’re calling him Marlboro Man
His photo splashed up the front page news
Making war look as good as it can, Lord
Making war look as good as it can
The LA Times sent a writer
To ask how he liked the attention
He couldn't see what the fuss was about
And he stopped just short of dissension, he said…
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I already signed the papers
So I got no choice
I got no choice but to do
What we're doing, what we're doing
He already signed the papers
So he's got no choice
He's got no choice but to do
What we're doing, what are we doing?
Reporters compared him to Bogart
They said he smoked just like John Wayne
His buddy said, "You'll be a hero, my friend
When you get back home again, man
When you get back home again."
Everyone saw him on TV
Back home in his mountain birthplace
His coach said "Those are not the eyes
I'm used to seeing in his face." They say...
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A recruiter came to talk to him
Next thing he knew it was boot camp
He's got three more years to serve his time
His face is dirty and damp
Look at his face, all bloody and damp
Those eyes his dad couldn't recognize
Hard and cold as a gun
But his mother screamed at the TV set
That's my son
Marine Lance Corporal James Blake Miller
Will you make it back home to Kentucky?
If you make it back, mind and body intact
Then you will know you were lucky, boy
Then you will know you were lucky, ‘cause…
You already signed the papers
So you got no choice
You’ve got no choice but to do what we’re doing
What we’re doing
He already signed the papers
So he's got no choice
He's got no choice but to do
What we're doing, what are we doing?