Drive-By Truckers - Mama Bake A Pie lyrics

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People staring at me as they wheel me<br />

Down the ramp towards my plane<br />

The war is over for me<br />

I've forgotten everything except the pain<br />

Thank you sir, and yes sir, it was worth it<br />

For the ol' red, white and blue<br />

And since I won't be walking<br />

I suppose I'll save some money buying shoes<br />

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The bottle hidden underneath the blanket<br />

Over my two battered legs<br />

I can see the stewardess make over me<br />

And ask, "Were you afraid?"<br />

I'll say, "Why no? I'm Superman"<br />

And couldn't find the phone booth quite in time<br />

A GI gets a lot of laughs<br />

He remembers all the funny lines<br />

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Mama bake a pie<br />

Daddy kill a chicken<br />

Your son is coming home<br />

11:35, Wednesday night<br />

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Mama will be crying and daddy's gonna say<br />

"Son, did they treat you good?"<br />

My uncle will be drunk and he'll say<br />

"Boy, they doing some real great things with wood"<br />

The letter that she wrote me said, "Goodbye"<br />

She couldn't wait and lots of luck<br />

The bottle underneath the blanket<br />

Feels just like an old friend to my touch<br />

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I know she'll come and see me<br />

But I bet she never once looks at my legs<br />

Now, she'll talk about the weather<br />

And the dress she wore the July 4th parade<br />

Lord, I love her and I don't believe<br />

This bottle's gonna get her off my mind<br />

I see here in the paper<br />

Where they say the war is just a waste of time<br />

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Mama bake a pie<br />

Daddy kill a chicken<br />

Your son is coming home<br />

11:35, Wednesday night<br /><br />