The first cut from my new CD, "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Blues."
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Story behind the song
This CD is written for our returning soldiers who have PTSD, their families and friends and supporters.
Lyrics
P.T.S.D. Blues
(Album - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Blues)
Sarge Lintecum © 1969 (C – F Harp)
(Talk)
Ya know, after years of PTSD I finally realized that the tortured life I was living was ripping off my brothers who died in battle. They gave up their lives and I was throwin’ mine away. It was then it hit me that if I were to spend my entire after war life torturing myself and making life miserable for the ones I love, I would be dishonoring my brothers who didn’t make it home. So when I tell ‘em all about the life I had after combat, that’s the first thing they’re gonna want to know about when I see ‘em again. They’re gonna want’a hear that I had a happy, wonderful life, just like the life they had imagined having if they had made it home alive. Lets all be sure we have a hell of a fun story to tell ‘em.
I'm stuck in a combat zone,
'Cause it's always on my mind.
You know, I'm stuck in combat, Babe
Always on my mind.
Well, they sent my body home,
But my mind stayed behind.
I feel stranded,
Stranded in a combat zone.
Yes, I feel stranded, Babe
Stranded in a combat zone.
I swear they sent me home,
But I'm still dealin' with Viet Cong.
(Lead Break Harmonica)
I got these blues so bad
They've gone and changed my mind.
Yeah, these Combat blues, Babe
Ya know they've changed my mind.
They sent my body home,
But my mind stayed behind.
(Talk)
Ya know this stuff really effects your memory. In fact, my memory’s so damn bad I can’t even remember what I’m supposed to be sayin’ here.
I’m talkin’ PTSD blues.
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