Dave Alvin - 1968 lyrics

Dave Alvin/Chris Gaffney (Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI/Calhoun Street Music/Ensaga Songs, BMI, Administered by Bug Music) Johnny gave Joe his first cigarette And Joe lit the filter and then he smoked the whole pack And Joe bought all the gas in Johnny's old Ford He always said that's what friends were for. When Johnny married Tina, Joe married Dee Two blonde-haired sisters from Covington, Kentucky And in ‘67 Johnny joined the Corps Joe did too, but he never knew what for. And tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name Folks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968. Johnny went from job to job tryin' to make ends meet And Tina divorced him back in ‘83 Now thirty years come and thirty years go And Johnny's got a grandkid that he barely knows. And tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name Folks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968. Well Dee calls Johnny every now and then And talks about her children and her third husband But when he asks about someone they used to know Dee says, “Johnny that was so long ago.” Tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name Folks say he's a hero; he'll tell you ain't He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968 He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968.