Jack and the Water Buffalo - Lyrics - Head Of Femur

Part one, twenty shades of green The most beautiful country that he'd ever seen Southeast Asian eyes Glancing over the reeds and the vines Taking him further into the forest Never knowing How far or when it will end Will he ever see Ann Arbor again? 'Cause if he gets home He'll take to the road With Alice and the rest of the boys Part two, for Jack and his tragedies Leading up to submission Give it to me Like the fool that you are I know that you're satisfied With your life, the house, the kids, and the wife But tell me Was there ever a time When you aimed at the universe? Part three, for Jack it was different Though they were both not innocent For Jack it was different They found his dead body in the East River I never heard the story till I was older You swam all the way to Cambodia How did you end up in Florida? Kicked out of school with a trunk of liquor Gary's older brother was Jack the soldier