Lou Reed - Xmas in February

[00:30.71] Xmas in february [00:33.41] Sam was lyin' in the jungle [00:34.33] Agent orange spread against the sky like marmalade [00:35.22] Hendrix played on some foreign jukebox [00:36.13] They were praying to be saved [00:37.03] Those gooks were fierce and fearless [00:37.93] That's the price you pay when you invade [00:38.84] Xmas in february [00:39.74] Sam lost his arm in some border town [00:40.65] His fingers are mixed with someone's crop [00:41.55] If he didn't have that opium to smoke [00:42.46] The pain would never ever stop [00:44.27] Half his friends are stuffed into black body bags [00:46.99] With their names printed at the top [00:49.71] Xmas in february [00:55.14] Sammy was a short order cook [00:57.84] In a short order black and blue collar town [01:00.55] Everybody worked the steel mill [01:03.25] But the steel mill got closed down [01:05.97] He thought if he joined the army [01:08.67] He'd have a future that was sound [01:11.40] Like no xmas in february [01:40.31] Sam's staring at the vietnam wall [01:43.03] It's been a while now that he's home [01:44.83] His wife and kid have left, he's unemployed [01:48.44] He's a reminder of the war that wasn't won [01:51.14] He's the guy on the street with the sign that reads [01:52.95] "Please help send this vet home" [01:55.67] But he is home [01:58.38] And there's no xmas in february [02:01.99] No matter how much he saves [02:32.71]