Nine soldiers, one jungle Twelve sleepless nights War-torn lands, blood rivers No end in sight Come darkness I remember Flashes all around Black devils spit lightning Thunder from the ground Fire raging, bush blazing Smoke stings my eyes Flesh burning, men screaming Bodies baked alive Time after time it comes back in the night See the blood and blackened bones I've returned from the battle, but it's still inside When the war comes home The war comes home Ten years now, wounds long healed So I tell myself Celebration, fireworks fly And I'm back in hell Guns sounding, hearts pounding Charlie's got us down Innocents cry, dead children Village on the ground Time after time it comes back in the night See the blood and blackened bones I've returned from the battle, but it's still inside When the war comes home The war comes home Father, please forgive me, for I know that I've done wrong These images still haunt me like the ghosts of Viet Cong Shall I pull this trigger, blow them straight out of my head? It's one more for the body count, just one more soldier dead Time after time it comes back in the night See the blood and blackened bones I've returned from the battle, but it's still inside When the war comes home The war comes home Nine soldiers, one jungle No one came home