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Long Trip Out

attributed to Asymmetric Bob [Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon (2009)]


    He's been out there soldierin' for a fascist state
    So don't expect too much fun on the very first date
    He'll be missin' the life, he'll be missin' the food
    He'll be goin' around in this peculiar mood
    Wonderin' how did he get back here in the world
    With the freaked-out hippies and the dope-smokin' girls
    And he'd say: long trip out from the Ia Drang valley
    It's a sad bad ride when you're far away
    From the good ol' boys ya left behind in-country
    Where the only thing you want is just another day

    Well, it may sound to you like a custom exhaust
    But that ain't what he's hearin', and he's flashin' back
    Lost in the middle of a night full of fire and fear
    An' he don't even know who he's hangin' with here
    And that joint you been smokin' that you thought would help
    Is just makin' things worse – you're even foolin' yourself
    'Cause it's a long trip out from the Mekong Delta
    It's the last lost chance when you need a friend
    An' you're flyin' on out of Cam Ranh Bay at midnight
    And you won't know how to get back home again





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