Lyrics - Green (When I wore the) Lyrics

I look back on all my yesterdays
And the tears they start to fall
I can't help myself remembering
When I could still walk tall
I broke myself in service
To a country I don't own
It is in the general seeds of apathy
All these twisted thorns were sown
Come and join the Army
Was the general's battle cry
So I bid my family and my friends
A happily goodbye
But if known how broken
My life would soon become
I would stay at home forever
My duty never would be done
I would have paid in full with my life
If the bill had become due
And even though I wore the green
My heart was often blue
Can you give me back my freedom
Or even some of misspent youth
Cause you can't save my tomorrow
Not even in a polling booth
Come and join the Army, Army
Was the general's battle cry
So I bid my family and my friends
A happily goodbye
But if known how broken
My life would soon become
I would stay at home forever
My duty never would be done
I would have paid in full with my life
If the bill had become due
And even though I wore the green
My heart was often blue
Can you give me back my freedom
Or even some of misspent youth
Cause you can't save my tomorrow
Not even in a polling booth