From the recording In Deadication
1968, the Vietnam War was just heating up and both that and the draft were having an huge impact on the psyche of America.
Thanks to Chris Huston for engineering and for the battle sounds.
Lyrics
I had to dig some holes today in the mud today
What am I here for anyway
I didn't want to leave you, things were just beginning to work out fine
But someone said there are more important things for me to do
So, I had to dig some holes today in the mud today
What am I here for anyway
I asked them why they sent me, they said because it must be done by someone
"Ah, if only I could go instead of you my son"
But still I dug some holes today in the mud today
What am I here for anyway
In my mind I'm looking for a rainbow,
sunny days and the sounds of children laughing eveywhere
People feeling good because there helping one another find the way
to love , to love, to love
I cannot dig more holes today in the mud today
I'll not be here another day
I didn't want to leave you,
they'll lie to you and say it must have been my time
For mine was not to reason why, mine was but to "do or die"
So now I fill my hole today in the mud today
What was I here for anyway?