Dancin' With The Devil

Under the cover of darkness
In July of sixty six
Attached to Company "K"
Somewhere in the Vietnam sticks

Around 0200 in the morning
We heard a hollow sound
Ripped open our canvas hooch
And rolled into a ditch dug in the ground

The first round hit center camp
Then the second could be heard
Explosions and fire split the night
Echoing through the Thundering Third                                                 

The third and fourth messenger of death
Shrieked through the thick night air
At first came the fear of dyin'
Then came the thousand-yard stare

Glowing white hot phosphorus
Lit up the darkness of the night
We could see the veins inside our eyes
The explosions were so bright

Marines cast their eerie shadows
Black against the fiery glow
How many were to die that night
Only our God would surely know

The sky had let loose its demons
As it had many nights before
Even the cherry boys of Company "K"
Became seasoned old men of war

We had a rendezvous with hell that night
Underneath a South-East Asian Moon
The devil and Marines danced to the beat
Of the Vietcong's hollow tune

Boon
9/14/03