"Tour Of Duty" lyrics - JASON ISBELL

I'm ridin' on the days last train
Steppin on the platform tryin' to see you through the rain
I don't know the ways you've changed since I left
And I really don't care
I've done my tour of duty now I'm home and I ain't goin' anywhere
I taught myself to tolerate the pain
All the loneliness and boredom and the work I didn't blame on the work we didn't blame
No I'm not the same as I was
I've done my tour of duty
Now ill try to do what ace a million does
I promise not to bore you with my stories
I promise not to scare you with my tears
I never would exaggerate the glory
I'll seem so satisfied here

I been eating like I'm out on bail
Collard greens and chicken wings oysters by the pail eatin oysters by the pail
Making up for those lost days
'Cause I've done my tour of duty
And now I'm going to put you in my family, wait

We'll laugh like little children tellin' secrets
Probably cry like old women drinkin' gin
'Cause I've done my tour of duty and now I'm home and I ain't leavin' here again
I've done my tour of duty and I ain't leavin' here again