Mikey Went Awol

Mikey Went Awol

Mikey went AWOL
where did little mikey go
Mikey went AWOL
wo oh Mikey whoah

Well he always was a strange one
so unpredictable 
he was always up to something new
head in the clouds nose in a book
But his folks didn't like the way he'd dress 

said his room was a nuclear test zone 
Mikey needed to grow up 

and get some discipline

Mikey went AWOL
where did little mikey go
Mikey went AWOL
Mikey is never coming home

He left without a word or note
not even a f**k you both
Mikey is going going going gone

They never tried to see it his way
he was just a snot nosed brat  
they would drill some sense into him
till he gave up or his brain hemorrhaged

In some militant school 

where they stripped him of his identity
keeping him safely locked away
discouraging him to dream

Maybe it was the punch 

that was supposed to break his spirit 

and finally gods be damned 

make him a man
a tool for his uncle Sam
a pawn in the global game of risk
The one that shattered his nose 

and split his lip wide open 

that caused him to skip school on picture day

Whatever the f**k it was 

I guess well never know
Cause it's been ten years 

and Mikey still hasn't come home

Chances are ninety percent
well never see him again
till they lower the flag over his coffin
and then give a full salute
and then they can finally be satisfied 

that their son sacrificed his youth
we all miss you Mikey 
m**********r here's to you 

He left without a word or note
not even a f**k you both
Mikey is going going going gone