Story Behind The Song
Read an account of the story in the newspaper.
Song Description
A Russian woman wears her wedding dress to meet her husband coming home from the Afghanistan war to assure him she still loves him.
| Song Length |
5:00 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male/Female |
| Subject |
Peace, War |
Similar Artists |
Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Another Man's War
(Words and Music by Andy Hill)
You wore your wedding dress that day
The day I came home from the war
Didn't think I still knew how to cry
Til I saw you standing on that shore
Now there ain't much I haven't seen
Maybe what I've seen has made me blind
I'm getting tired of looking for reasons
Reasons faith'll never find
Chorus
And you can call me what you want
I've been used to worse for sure
There's no slogan you can shout
That I haven't heard before
And I'm never going back
To fight another man's war
On the banks of the muddy Amu Durya
Beneath the spot the red flag flew
Our medals glittered in the sunlight
Honey all I saw was you
They raised a monument in honor
With the losers listed name by name
Before we learned the rules to play by
Somebody else had changed the game
Chorus
At night I hear those engines roar
I hear the sound of boot heels in the rain
New wheel moving in the same old circle
Just the past comin' 'round again
Chorus