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The Forever War

from Trying to Catch Amnesia by Ron Capps

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The Forever War

It’s midnight on my front porch,
And I’m staring out at the war
I don’t sleep much anymore
Visions of Shock and Awe,
like a thousand nights before
Bring the war home to my door

I walk my perimeter all night
I won’t sleep until it’s light
I’ll guard the limits of my post
I have these promises to keep
And I’m too scared to go to sleep
In the company of ghosts

A wise man once said, you’ll sleep a long time when you’re dead
So I keep the lights turned way up bright
Sometimes if someone cares, they ask when I was over there
I say I was there just last night.

The cops have been around
One night I got my signals crossed
The judge gave my ex the kids
So I drive around this town
Hoping I might get lost
Thinking ‘bout the costs of what I did.

But give us this day our daily meds
And take a quick look inside my head
You never know what you’ll find in there
I might need a few small repairs

I should be feeling stronger day-by-day
That’s what all the doctors say
My new normal’s there somewhere
But I’m staring out my front door
Fighting the forever war
It’s one long hand of solitaire

A wise man once said, you’ll sleep a long time when you’re dead
So I keep the lights turned way up bright
Sometimes if someone cares, they ask when I was over there
I say I was there just last night.

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from Trying to Catch Amnesia, released June 14, 2020
Written by Ron Capps

Recorded in New York, Denver, and Nashville
Produced and engineered by Tony Rosario
Mastered by James Tuttle

Ron Capps: Six and 12 string acoustic guitars and vocals
Tony Rosario: Guitar, dobro, drums, bass....

(C) 2020 Ron Capps and Stump Pond Music ASCAP
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Ron Capps is an emerging songwriter whose first EP focuses on the lives of returning combat veterans and their families. Ron served 25 years as a soldier and Foreign Service officer in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Rwanda and Darfur.

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