Hidden Wounds
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The woman looked like a large rag doll
Smashed to pieces: The incident that affected
Him most profoundly occurred while
He was leading a mobile patrol it was 1972
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A massive explosion a hundred yards in front
Of Johnson's vehicle brought the patrol
To a halt a bomb had been
Detonated in an underground toilet
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Johnson saw people scattering through
Swirling clouds of thick
Black smoke within minutes he
Had cordoned off the area and mounted guards
To provide cover against
Snipers in case it was a set-up
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Raised voices caught his attention a
Man was screaming at a
Policeman and pointing at the
Toilet "He was shouting
'My wife's in there!'" Johnson
Raced towards the man
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Redemption isn't coming soon
I'm stuck here with these hidden wounds
All the things they made me do they haunt me
I'm drinking just to dull the pain
Images won't go away
They count the dead now why
Don't they just count me
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I was about to give the order when one
Of my men found a woman's shoe
Then I found her she looked like a
Large rag doll smashed to pieces
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All that was left of her clothing
Was a piece of rag
Around her neck other parts of
Her just had been
Blown off even her toes were
Missing i covered her with
My combat jacket and carried her
Out to an ambulance
On the first day of the year
He had a grip on all the fear you where dumb
But then gradually untold
He got a hold of your soul
Your bones are crying
All the wonders of the world
To stop and letting know
Which you go through
And no one understand the pain they
Thought you where just playing games
It breaks my heart today
Just to hear you say
Redemption isn't coming soon
I'm stuck here with these hidden wounds
All the things they made me do they haunt me
(What's that sound)
I'm drinking just to dull the pain
Images won't go away
They count the dead now why
Don't they just count me
(What's that sound)
And I see the things go by
But I'm just feeling numb is no
One here to come over
Cause they hate to see me cry
They think I'm gone insane
These hidden wounds will stay open
I was taught to love and not to hate
As fire rates becomes my fate
I'm like a bomb I've detonate excuse me
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I'm longing for another spring
A little love a natural thing
Someone to hold just anything
That's scare free
And I've seen the days go by
But I'm just feeling numb
There is no one here to come over
Cause they hate to see me cry
They think I've gone insane
These hidden wounds will stay open