Stan Rogers — Jamie

[Verse] Jamie was a friend of mine who use to live next door We were young and the world was just for fun We only wanted to play soldiers and we did not ask for more Jamie was always on the side that won And we shot each other dead with plastic guns Now we knew there was a war in Asia but we didn't know That either one of us would ever fight But Jamie's dad was awful glad that he had a son to go And Jamie said his dad knew what was right And we put away his GI Joe that night [Chorus] Oh, how can we ever tell the dead That the cost of life hasn't been paid for Oh, how can we take back what we said When it's everything we’ve ever lived for [Verse] The next few months we spent our time just trying to find a way To live ten years of friendship o’er again But time finally came that bought that train that took Jamie away And from that they fourth I can no more pretend For that was the last I ever saw my friend [Chorus] Oh, how can we ever tell the dead That the cost of life hasn't been paid for Oh, how can we take back what we said When it's everything we’ve ever lived for [Verse] Did he die for pride of freedom, well I never really knew For after Jamie left his family moved away But I always wanted to ask them why they had let Jamie go ‘til I finally saw his mom the other day But she didn't really have that much to say [Chorus] Oh, how can we ever tell the dead That the cost of life hasn't been paid for Oh, how can we take back what we said When it's everything we’ve ever lived for [Chorus] Come on now Oh, how can we ever tell the dead That the cost of life hasn't been paid for Oh, how can we take back what we said When it's everything we’ve ever lived for