The deed\'s been done
I\'ve done a deed no man should
Yet I\'m proud, I did it for my country
People say Thank You, as if they know
They\'re just doing their partial duty
I met a girl the other day
She was a drunk, cheap, and trashy
But I got with her anyway
I wanted to forget those I killed
The deed\'s been done
I\'ve done a deed no man should
Yet I\'m proud, I did it for my country
People say Thank You, as if they know
They\'re just doing their partial duty
I took a train home, eyes hung low
There was another like me, a marine, his eyes told it all. People thanked us, saluted us even
They don\'t know what we\'ve seen, what we\'ve done. Conditioned to thank us, although we\'re killers of men
The deed\'s been done
I\'ve done a deed no man should
Yet I\'m proud, I did it for my country
People say Thank You, as if they know
They\'re just doing their partial duty
I made it back home, unlocked the door
There I found my mother crying, silently
Tears running down her face, we embrace
She says nothing, just holds me right
It\'s the best thing she can do, doesn\'t judge, doesn\'t salute
The deed\'s been done
I\'ve done a deed no man should
Yet I\'m proud, I did it for my country
People say Thank You, as if they know
They\'re just doing their partial duty