Sgt. Kelly

Cigar in his one free hand
Fourteen feet up-wind
And I’m far from a saint but I never did smoke
All I did that day was breathe in
His cane propped up on the bench
While he stared out across the sand
The waves were breaking like his bones were aching
Knowing their time was at hand

Sergeant Kelly
Just a pure heart weathering pain
Sergeant Kelly
Would you do it all over again?

Every day he marched to the ocean
But I never would see him again
The one chance that I got was an hour on top
Of that cliff in my one-man-band

Sergeant Kelly
Just a pure heart weathering pain
Sergeant Kelly
Would you do it all over again?

As the smoke billowed out of his nostrils
I wrestled the notes from my hands
While it takes a lifetime to make one
It’s the same that shatters a man

Sergeant Kelly
Just a pure heart weathering pain
Sergeant Kelly
Would you do it all over again?

Sergeant Kelly
Just a pure heart weathering pain
Sergeant Kelly
Would you do it all over again?

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