I was a PFC on a search patrol huntin` Charlie down
It was in the jungle wars of `65
My weapon jammed and I got stuck way out and all alone
And I could hear the enemy movin` in close outside
Just then I heard a twig snap and i grabbed my empty gun
And I dug in scared while I counted down my fate
And then a big marine, a ginat with a pair of friendly eyes
Appeared there at my shoulder and said wait
When he came in close beside me he said,
Don`t worry, son, I`m here,
If Charlie wants to tangle now he`ll have two to dodge.
I said, Well thanks a lot.
I told him my name and asked him his
And he said, The boys jsut call me Camouflage.
Whoa Camouflage
Things are never quite the way they seem
Whoa Camoufalge
I was awfully glad to see this big marine
We fought all night and side by side we took our battle stance
and I wondered how the bullets missed this man
`Cause they seemed to go right through him
As if he wasn`t there
And in the mornin` we both took a chance and ran
And it was near the river bank when the ambush came on top of us
And I`d thought it ws the end and we were had
Then a bullet with my name on it came buzzin` through a bush
And that big marine he just swat it with his hand
Whoa Camouflage
Things are never quite the way they seem
Whoa Camouflage
Was I awfully glad to see this big marine
And I knew therre was something weird about him
`Cause when I turned around he was pullin` a big palm tree
Rit up out of the ground
And swattin` those Charlies with it from here to Kingdom Come
When he led me out of danger
I saw my camp and waved goodbye
But he just winked at me fromhe jungle and then was gone
And when I got back to my HQ, I told `em about my night
And the battle I`d spent with a big marine named Camouflage
When I said his name a soldier gulped
And a medic took my arm
And led me to a green tent on the right
He said, You may be tellin` the truth boy,
But this here is Camouflage,
And he`s been right here since he passed away last night.
But before he went he said, Semper Fi,
And said his only whish
Was to save a young marine caught in a barrage
So here, take his dog tag son,
I know he`d want you to have it now.
And we both said a prayer for a big marine named Camouflage
Whoa Camouflage
things are never quite the way they seem
Whoa Camouflage
I was awfully glad to see this big marine
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