DRIVE ON

LYRICS

• In the first few lines we get what the song is about "Nam"
• Boonierat = combat infantry man
• "Took'em 25 years to welcome me back" though the exact
• Dates of the wars beginning are pretty sketchy most people say it lasted around 20
• "Many of good men i saw fall" over 200,000 casualties (dead and wounded)

LYRICS

• "Every time i dream and the screams" showing the profound affect
• The war had in the men and especially since the cases of PTSD in Nam Vets
• Were large and a symptom being flash backs and nightmares
• "They dont understand" another symptom of PTSD
• " hot l.z" = landing zone under enemy fire

LYRICS

• "Bamboo pit viper" one of the many deadly snakes in vietnam
• "Drive on, don't mean nothin'" keep going it doesn't matter
• "I came home, but Tex did not And I can't talk about the hit he got"
• Some didn't come back home
• And also shows the refusal to talk about what happened in Vietnam by some vets

LYRICS

• "I got a little limp now when I walk Got a little tremolo when I talk"
• Some physical scars that be brought back
• "You're a walkin' talkin' miracle from Vietnam"
• Don't really expect to see that.