I was a complete man when
Stepped in recruiting office to
Serve my country, NOT KNOWING
You trained me to search, kill and
Sometimes build cemetery and school
You flew me to Iraq, I searched
And I killed to stay alive
When I was blown up in my Humvee
You brought me back home, NOT KNOWING
I left behind a part of me
Buried in sand and dust and
I brought in me, sand and dust, NOT KNOWING
I suffered nightmares and flashbacks of
My comrades, explosions, and snipers and Green Zone
Not knowing what to call my sickness
I lost part of me in sand and dust
I carried in me sand and dust
