Joe Security

J O E S E C U R I T Y
The wind was low on the breaking waves
As we made our way to the beach that day
And we found ourselves in a living Hell
But we took the task and we rang that bell
I was nineteen then in ‘45 when we saved the world that day
And here I am now just eighty years young at the Disneyland front gate

I’m just Joe Security now
I’ve got a badge and smile and I walk around
If the boys could only see me now
Ah they bought this ride when they wouldn’t back down

We took a riverboat around the Saigon bend
You could hear that trouble was coming in
And we found ourselves in a firefight
Three were wounded and one man died
I was forty-three in ‘69 on that day in Vietnam
And here I am now at the teacup ride making sure no one falls off

I’m just Joe Security now
I’ve got a badge and smile and I walk around
If the boys could only see this now
They bought this ride when they wouldn’t back down

We went to Hell and back and somehow I’m home alive
I’d do it all again if freedom called but I’m too damn old to fight
When I look into this crowd
I see freedom all around

I’m just Joe Security now
Yeah I’m a little proud when I walk around
I wish the boys could only be here now
Ah they bought this ride when they wouldn’t back down
When we wouldn’t back down

The wind was low on the breaking waves