You want her to try new things   She reminds you she wears your ring   and after a couple drinks she's a little scared of you   A good friend is hard to find   You wish you could spend more time   towing civilian lines, but they're all scared of you      It's not the time that makes it go bad   It's not the thought of what you could've had   It's not the way that her figure has changed   It's just that a soldier gets strange      You know she's a real good girl   She reminds you that every curl   that whips in the wind of the world   is watched by the eyes of God   But lately your mane's gone white   You itch in your veins in the night   Before you "came home alright"   you wielded the lightning rod      It ain't the time that makes it go South   It ain't the liquor that burns in your mouth   Nearly nothing around here's changed   It's just that a soldier gets strange      She turns off the lights so you can't see her body   You can't make her fight when you know that you're wrong   They call you a hero, so many still fighting   This ain't where you belong      Maybe you'll re-enlist   It couldn't be worse than this   But think of the things you'll miss   If you're inside the wire again      It's not the dreams that keep you up late   It's not the world you saw incinerate   It's not the way that her figure has changed   It's just that a soldier gets strange   Most of all you got strange