FOR OUR LEADERS BODY COUNT WAS THE NAME OF THE GAME
AND THOSE IN THE BUSH WERE THE BAIT FOR THEIR FAME
WE WERE SENT IN TO BRING OUT THE PREY
SO WE COULD CALL IN SUPPORT TO FINISH THE DAY
WE'D USUALLY KILL A GOOD NUMBER OF THE ENEMY
WHICH MADE US PROUD BECAUSE WE WERE TRUE INFANTRY
HOW COULD OUR LEADERS BE SO CLUELESS
AS TO USE BODY COUNTS TO MEASURE THEIR TRUENESS
BEING GOOD SOLDIERS WE DID WHAT WAS ORDERED
NEVER STOPPING TO THINK OUR COUNTRY WASN' T SUPPORTIVE
AFTER EACH FIREFIGHT "HOW MANY DID WE LOSE?" WAS THE NEXT QUESTION ASKED
KNOWING THAT FURTHER UP THE LINE THEY DIDN'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS
AS LONG AS THE ENEMY'S BODY COUNT SHOWED ON THEIR RECORD
LEADERS IN HIGH PLACES WOULD REMAIN IN GOOD GRACES
AS I REFLECT BACK AND THINK OF HOW RIDICULOUS IT ALL WAS
FOR OUR LEADERS TO THINK WE COULD WIN BY ATTRITION
WHEN WE KNEW OUR ENEMY HAD SO MUCH AMBITION
BEING FUELED BY THE FIRE OF OUR HOMEFRONT PROTESTING
THERE WAS NO LACK OF RESOLVE FOR OUR ENEMY RESISTING
OUR HANDS WERE TIED BEHIND OUR BACK
WE COULDN'T ADVANCE BEYOND THE DMZ CRACK
WE PAID THE PRICE FOR OUR INCOMPETENT LEADERSHIP
ELECTED BY THE VOTERS WITH ALL THEIR CONFIDENCE
BODYS, MINDS AND SOULS LOST AND CRIPPLED
FOREVER MORE IN A LOST SEA OF RIPPLES
By: HM2 Keith "Rocky" Miller
Kilo & H&S Co.'s
3/26 Marines
1968-69
