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I jumped straight at it when I had the chance,

I joined the army and I went to France

 At Roose velt's request.

Two weeks of sitting in the mud

 Made me lie to the man that I could drive a truck

 For the Red Ball Express.

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All we do is keep it rolling on

Trading bodies for petroleum

Heating rations on the manifold

And never sleep enough to dream about home

Benzedrined and looking through cat eyes

 Of a deuce and a half and a days supply

 Of jerry cans in back

Aint no secret how the generals felt.

Fuck the men they can eat their belts

 but the tanks they must have gas"

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All we do is keep it rolling on

Trading bodies for petroleum

Heating rations on the manifold

And never sleep enough to dream about home

Vers.

The gears are sticking and the pressure's low

I felt the bump that means its time to go

Another twenty miles.

Thirty-six hours and I still ain't slept

I'm hearing voices talk inside my head

 In Burma Shaving rhyme

Ref.

All we do is keep it rolling on

Trading bodies for petroleum

Heating rations on the manifold

Even now I've never felt that old

Vers.

Because fifty years later and you don't forget

Being eighteen and scared to death

 In a world that's changing fast

Now my own son sends his own son off

To fight the next fight to be fought

 And the Red Ball brings me back..