In 1967, the draft caught up with me Me and my pal Joe went off to war We might find hero's heaven But we'd keep the country free We would surely win just like before Roy Rogers he was on his horse And Buck Jones drew his gun And we would surely win of course When the battle was all done 1967, I came back alone They brought Joe back in plastic on the plane 1967 seems so long ago But I can't forget my friend or ease my pain His family may forget him His children may regret him His wife may find another and go on His picture may grow faded And the world he knew gone jaded But as long as I shall live I surely know I never will forget my buddy Joe In 1967, the war was raging on Our country was divided and reborn Though I was back at home, I had never left Saigon 'Cause all I got was ridicule and scorn This was no place for hero's now They all seemed to resent me They said, "Why did you ever go?" I said, "Because they sent me" 1967, they buried my friend Joe And I was flashing back while people wept I thought of how he saved us And I watched the landmine blow And I looked down at his dogtag that I kept You'll always be a young man You always will be smiling You always will be confident and true Your picture may grow faded And the world you knew gone jaded But as long as I shall live I surely know I never will forget you buddy Joe Long as I shall live I surely know I never will forget you buddy Joe
[00:15.17]In 1967, the draft caught up with me [00:22.72]Me and my pal Joe went off to war [00:29.07]We might find hero's heaven [00:32.13]But we'd keep the country free [00:35.89]We would surely win just like before [00:42.31]Roy Rogers he was on his horse [00:45.56]And Buck Jones drew his gun [00:48.97]And we would surely win of course [00:52.20]When the battle was all done [00:57.50]1967, I came back alone [01:04.16]They brought Joe back in plastic on the plane [01:10.79]1967 seems so long ago [01:17.48]But I can't forget my friend or ease my pain [01:24.40]His family may forget him [01:27.14]His children may regret him [01:31.20]His wife may find another and go on [01:37.94]His picture may grow faded [01:40.35]And the world he knew gone jaded [01:44.75]But as long as I shall live I surely know [01:51.24]I never will forget my buddy Joe [02:14.54]In 1967, the war was raging on [02:21.47]Our country was divided and reborn [02:28.61]Though I was back at home, I had never left Saigon [02:35.14]'Cause all I got was ridicule and scorn [02:42.41]This was no place for hero's now [02:45.17]They all seemed to resent me [02:48.96]They said, "Why did you ever go?" [02:51.82]I said, "Because they sent me" [02:57.91]1967, they buried my friend Joe [03:04.94]And I was flashing back while people wept [03:11.64]I thought of how he saved us [03:14.34]And I watched the landmine blow [03:17.65]And I looked down at his dogtag that I kept [03:24.99]You'll always be a young man [03:28.53]You always will be smiling [03:32.76]You always will be confident and true [03:39.89]Your picture may grow faded [03:42.29]And the world you knew gone jaded [03:46.91]But as long as I shall live I surely know [03:54.04]I never will forget you buddy Joe [04:01.32]Long as I shall live I surely know [04:07.96]I never will forget you buddy Joe
