Gun Shy 10, 000 Maniacs

[Verse 1:]
I always knew that you would
Take yourself far from home
As soon as, as far as, you could go
By the quarter inch cut of your hair
And the army issue green
For the past eight weeks
I can tell where you've been

[Chorus:]
For I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me
There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your veins
There is a world outside of this room
And when you meet it promise me
You won't meet it with your gun

[Verse 2:]
So now you are one of the brave few
It's awful sad we need boys like you
I hope the day never comes for
"Here's your live round son
Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun"

[Chorus:]
Well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me
There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your veins
There is a world outside of this room
And when you meet it promise me
You won't meet it with your gun, taking aim