A War Damaged Man

An ageing ex soldier in his late fifties and one might say a war damaged man He fought in conflict in southern Asia against the Vietcong in Vietnam In a war where heroes were forgotten and Vietnam scarcely mentioned today And history never written by the losers it's the winners write history they say. I meet Jimmy down at the local he has a strong liking for beer But of his time in Vietnam in the late sixties so little from him I do hear Though he once told me in Vietnam we were the losers and the losers in war do not count And sad to think my contribution to nothing did seem to amount. He left the army without counselling and though an honourable discharge he received He has lost all respect for authority and by the Government he feels deceived He turned to alcohol for solace and in life he feels he has never won And to booze he lost the woman who loved him and with her she took their young son And that was back in the late seventies and he has not seen them for years And he does not look to the future and for the past he does not have tears He fought in South Asia in the sixties against the Vietcong in Vietnam And my heart goes out to poor Jimmy since he is a war damaged man.