I was walkin’ through Virginia
Leave my heart behind
I wish there was somethin’ I could send you
That could ease your worried mind
I’ve seen seven men killed with just one blow
I’ve walked acres and acres of blood and snow
Yes I know what it’s like

I was walkin’ the fields of Flanders
Barb wire, mud and pain
Don’t go lookin’ for no answer
All our faces look the same
I seen death rain down from the sky
I seen boys cut to ribbon and grown men cry
See, I know what it’s like
Yes I know what it’s like

Wadin’ down that Mekong delta
For a reason I’ll never know
In the darkness, I felt a
Presence from one hundred years ago
We talked lies, women and survival
Politicians that swore on the bible
See, we know what it’s like

Mr. President, tell me if you can
What the hell am I doin’, stealin’ someone’s land
You don’t know what that’s like