The Bivouac of the Forgotten
Words Lorcan Otway Tune Mill o Tefty's Annie
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Otway 2003

Oh Gunny is there a tent for me,
in the bivouac of the forgotten?
For I've just got back from the desert sands,
Fighting for Halliburton

No, You can share this grate with me,
and a bottle to help forget
For the cost of the war that we fought
Was deducted from our V.A. check

Oh, Gunny, all those things we've done,
will haunt my darkest dreams
And now I've lost those few things I had
Is this what M.I.A. means?

There's Bill out here, who in Viet Nam
Had a silver star pinned on him
And Sparrow who fought in Panama
And the first Gulf war brought us big Jim

Where are the folks, who called for war
When we are cold and broken
They're urging young folks to go and die
Or return and be forgotten.

So, there it is, another new song, There is a Bill and a Sparrow. Sparrow spent many years after service in jail, and Bill is the best kind of fellow you'd ever want to meet. He lives on the street in the rain and snow, basking in the thanks of a thankful nation? With a silver star to keep him warm.