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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