A cop hides his pain in day old beer I hide my pain laughing at you A masking of years For which I had no clue A fireman cries,  "Help!" "There's smoke! there's one more!" I know this pain Since returning from war I cry out in the night, "Help me please!" I've said all along I've got a disease There was a time When I had other dreams A family, a wife and children Were in the scheme of things These dreams I once had I was able to renew The thought of the war is still very sad As over the years the memories they grew I'm like an animal at times I've been loose Fooling the world Doing just fine I quest for Inner peace From within I scream For the pain to cease Buddies tell war stories I can't bear to hear I get sad and confused I fill up with fear There's a period in time I still taste A period in time That can't be erased So, I do what I do And not use or abuse I've learned in time I'm not here to amuse I use to hide my pain In alcohol and drugs I want to remove the pain From my facial mug I talk to those who Don't understand me The doctors They call it PTSD They took me to a foreign land Just a kid Barely a man Inner self is where I hid My family cried out, "Why.....?" "What for?" The powers to be said, "He's needed!!" "It's War!!!!' I used to hide my past Behind closed doors It's a struggle But I chip at the flaws I didn't understand Just one more to go I knew of a thing called flight I couldn't say no, so I went to fight I've hid my pain The choice was my own I've lusted in the life Til the money was gone Or got lost in the bottle Same story Same song My Lady and I would Argue, fuss and fight But, that's how I dealt With the horrors and nightmarish fright Now, I work on my problems Learning to solve them Coping with the pain To be free and sane

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