War Surplus

War Surplus Baby

Jim Carroll & William Danoff, 1976

(as performed by Starland Vocal Band)

She's a war surplus baby from Salvation's Army

She plays tambourine and wants to be a star

She stepped out of the Sixties

From a dream world to fix these 

Broken promises I play on my guitar

And we made it through somehow

For the bad and good

She always knew we would

See, she believes in miracles and romance,

In learning how to slow dance

In sacrifice, in freedom, and in pain

Yes, she believes in magic

And she tells me the tragic

Side of something beautiful that never ends in vain

Barefoot and sadness

Bell bottom eyes

We did what needed to be done

So marched all the marches

Ended all the wars

All the time believing that we won

Don't the times keep on changing

The stakes get much higher

It's out of the frying pan into the fire

(made it through somehow)

And we made it through somehow

For the bad and good

She always knew we would

And she still believes 

In love in the morning

And love when you need it

If your soul gets hungry you've got to feed it

She's a war surplus treasure

Her peace is her pleasure

In spite of all this madness

Life Goes On