Johnny Cash — Drive On

[Verse 1] I got a friend named Whiskey Sam He was my boonierat buddy for a year in 'Nam He said is my country just a little off track Took them twenty-five years to welcome me back [Verse 2] But, it's better than not coming back at all Many a good man I saw fall And even now, every time I dream I hear the men and the monkeys in the jungle scream [Chorus] Drive on, it don't mean nothing My children love me, but they don't understand And I got a woman who knows her man, drive on It don't mean nothing, drive on [Verse 3] I remember one night, Tex and me Rappelled in on a hot L.Z We had our 16's on rock and roll But with all that fire, I was scared and cold [Verse 4] I was crazy and I was wild And I have seen the tiger smile I spit in a bamboo viper's face And I'd be dead but by God's grace [Chorus] Drive on, it don't mean nothing My children love me, but they don't understand And I got a woman who knows her man, drive on It don't mean nothing, it don't mean nothing, drive on [Verse 5] It was a real slow walk in a sad rain And nobody tried to be John Wayne I came home but Tex did not And I can't talk about the hit he got [Verse 6] But I got a little limp now when I walk And I got a little tremolo when I talk But my letter read from Whiskey Sam You're a walking, talking miracle from Vietnam [Chorus] Drive on, it don't mean nothing My children love me, but they don't understand And I got a woman who knows her man, drive on It don't mean nothing, it don't mean nothing, drive on