Ballad of Balad-Toby Keith

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[00:00.00]Ballad of Balad - Toby Keith
[00:16.92]I quit school in the tenth grade and I grew out my hair
[00:20.53]I got me a job doing lawn mower repair
[00:25.54]I met an army recruiter down at the winn dixie
[00:30.25]He said son you've no future pack up and go with me
[00:36.02]Well the first place we landed was a base called balad
[00:39.63]They convoyed our asses to a 10 acre faub
[00:44.60]With my boots and my cover and an old M 16
[00:48.68]Two bottle of water and a cold MRE
[00:55.57]Oh you meet lots of new friends and you're sure to get paid
[00:59.70]We'll show you the world and we'll teach you a trade
[01:06.79]It's not a job it's an adventure oh yes sir I got that
[01:11.57]But you never told me I'd get my a** shot at
[01:17.33]You never told me I'd get my a** shot at
[01:24.26]The first night in combat we went on patrol
[01:27.81]The ambushed our convoy and we chased the assholes
[01:33.08]We found them all hidin' in the water ditches
[01:37.82]And we took aim and killed all them son of a b**ches
[01:42.87]Oh you meet lots of new friends and you're sure to get paid
[01:48.95]We'll show you the world and we'll teach you a trade
[01:56.10]It's not a job it's an adventure oh yes sir I got that
[02:00.91]But you never told me I'd get my a** shot at
[02:06.72]You never told me I'd get my a** shot at
[02:13.34]Walked in on my buddy with a female marine
[02:18.50]Ugliest woman you've ever seen
[02:23.17]He said why are you laughing you've got lots of nerve
[02:27.96]Over here in the desert we grade on the curve
[02:33.11]Oh you meet lots of new friends and you're sure to get paid
[02:37.24]We'll show you the world and we'll teach you a trade
[02:44.45]It's not a job it's an adventure oh yes sir I got that
[02:49.17]But you never told me I'd get my a** shot at
[02:54.54]Oh you never told me we'd get his a** shot at