Purple Hearts
Lyrics by Jerry Joseph

you keep your ear to the ground baby
the cavalry's on its way
when I get back into town
and prepare my getaway

we lost another battle
should've lost the war
hard to remember
what all the fightings for
but its alright baby
put down your gun
even a life time left for losers
can still be fun

chinese philosophy
redefines warfare as an art
the tragedies of shakespeare
the greatest actors line up
for the part

and their purple hearts
and their purple hearts
and their purple hearts

I could sell discount telephone parts
I could knock over pharmacies
we meet in the park on sundays
do all of our drugs under walnut trees
and think about the times we spend
before they fell apart

have a laugh at the photographs
and we're wearing our purple hearts
its all cool
its ok
even in the ?? backyard ???

rhodan, michelangelo, albert ??
jean paul sarte, ??
??, bonaparte

they still get purple hearts
yeah, purple hearts
hey, yeah

when it comes to pointing fingers
you've got a tiger in your tank
and while the smell of fear lingers
don't ???

chinese philosophy redefines
warfare as an art
the tragedies of shakespeare
the greatest actors line up
for the part

rhodan, michelangelo, albert ??
jean paul sarte, ??, ??
??, bonaparte

purple hearts
purple heart
purple heart
purple heart

Transcribed from
5/14/02 Utopia Cafe, Colorado Springs, CO
by Patrick Sprowls