Hiding in the morning sun, I'll be driving in the evening calm, Watching the Phantoms roll in, and I watch them pull away again;
Now I'm just sitting in the cab of my truck, thinking this life ain't such a game; Sitting in the cab of my truck, filing my chains.
I left my home in Dong Hoi, headed for the DMZ, Well, I had something to live for, a Peoples' Hero I was gonna be;
Now I'm just sitting in the cab of my truck, looking through the windshield at flarelighted rain; Sitting in the cab of my truck, yankin' my chains.
Here I sit, having a nicotine fit – God, I'm too scared to get a cigarette lit; 'Cause that might just blow my only hope of not showing up on a starlight scope.
Well, sitting here with britches so tight, 'cause I think that "spectres" due back tonight; Bleeding from my ears and my nose, from a Sky Spot that finally came close;
Now I'm just sitting in the cab of my truck, watching the bombs fall through the rain, Sitting in the cab of my truck, filing my chains.