From the recording Adventure Sure Enough
Steve Hanson – Acoustic guitar, Double bass, Mandolin
Ron Johnson – Acoustic guitar & Vocals
Lyrics
6) FINGERS IN A V
Crawling under barbed wire with our hair all cut off,
Tracers flying overhead was adventure sure enough.
We had colorful peace stickers, stuck somewhere out of sight,
We learned to fight and dreamed Woodstock at night.
Chorus:
Fingers in a V meant love and peace.
We learned bayonets, guns, explosives, & kick ass M-60s.
Pull your hat down low so you look kinda mean.
Fingers in a V meant love and peace.
We all knew we were going, so train your ass strong.
Benning School for Boys earned a gold bar one inch long.
Airborne parachute jumps, and Panama jungles and waterfalls.
Sure wish I had a girlfriend to call.
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My first patrol went by that place, Mỹ Lai [mee lie].
Nothing left but rubble of mistakes, lies, and cries.
Probably booby traps for us have been laid,
One misstep, you could leave without your legs.
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I made it home from Vietnam, still jumpy I guess,
My friend Joe Ryan is on that granite wall at rest.
It’s been 50 years and, every fall, geese fly in a V.
Have we learned love and peace for us called free?
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