Charlie, I'm Not Ready

from Postcards from the Damned by Jeff Linden and the Black Spot Society

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my dearest brother / I hope this letter finds you well / the South Pacific heat kills me / and the gunfire's louder than my wedding bells

but I'm coming home soon / and '45 will be better than these four years holding the line in New Guinea / I'll carry 'em with me

we'll drink beer in the grass and I'll dance with my wife / and I'll tell all my stories but leave out most of the fights and when it's over / I guess I gotta start the rest of my life

but Charlie, I'm not ready to be anything / I was a kid, I was a soldier, and now I'm just nothing / Charlie I wanna make a good life for the girl that wears my ring, but I don't know where to start / I don't know how to begin

so listen up Charlie / I think I'm gonna build a house / but that's a tough proposition / to build a decent life out of a pile of wood and some posts in the ground / with no money / no savings account / I'm counting on you to help me figure that out and at some point / I guess I gotta find a job in town

but Charlie, I'm not ready to be anything / I was a kid, I was a soldier, and now I'm just nothing / Charlie I wanna make a good life for the girl that wears my ring, but I don't know where to start / I still don't know how to begin

Charlie, I'm coming home

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from Postcards from the Damned, released March 31, 2023

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