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[Verse 1]
Honey, Ddon't tell the boys I been tF#alkin' like this
'Cause I cEman't have 'em thinkDin' I'm scared
DTruth is I ain't afraid a'nF#othin' no more
I'm tEmired and I just don't cDare
DHow many tours is F#too many tours
EmMy baby she'd like to Dknow
'Cause always there at the bF#ack a'my mind
Is that EmJody's there when I gDo
[Chorus]
NDever let 'em send me baAmck to Sadr City
NDever let 'em send me bAmack
Some sDhit went down, dAmown in Sadr City
Some sDhit went down in ICraq
I ain't goin' baDck
[Verse 2]
Well I was tDhere in '04 when it fF#irst got hot
And MEmuqtada's local fighters emDerged
EDarned a Purple Heart via SeF#ven-Six-Two
And anotEmher later during the SDurge
DiDdn't know nothin' back tF#hen, didn't care
It was get Emit on and kick us some aDss
CouDldn't tell a Sunni from a SF#hia from the Kurds
But they Emeducated me pretty fDast
[Chorus]
NDever let 'em send me baAmck to Sadr City
NDever let 'em send me bacAmk
Some sDhit went down, dAmown in Sadr City
Some sDhit went down in ICraq
I ain't goin' baCck
[Verse 3]
Well it was pDretty touch n'go from the veF#ry first light
Fiercest aEmction that I'd ever sDeen
ADmbush come and we hadF#da' dismount
Get buEmsy, fight it out in the strDeets
Well all heDll broke loose, takin' fF#ire from the rooftops
EmHaji launchin' RDPGs
DFightin' runnin' battles with F#militias in the alleys
DEmraggin' on and on week after weDek
Takin' hDits at fifty metres from a shrF#ine nearby
But they woEmuldn't let us light up a moDsque
Then our taDnks rolled in, real haF#rd real heavy
But they couEmldn't help the guys that we loDst
[Chorus]
NeDver let 'em send me baAmck to Sadr City
NDever let 'em send me baAmck
Some shDit went down, dAmown in Sadr City
Some Dshit went down in IrCaq
I ain't goin' bacDk
[Verse 4]
Well I don'Dt know if it matters to the fF#olks back home
But they saEmy they're all supportin' the trDoops
There's no Dtime anyway to be dweF#lling on that
Out here thinEmkin's only for foDols
And as Dlong as there's no lack of yoF#ung man willin'
To rEmide to the sound of the guDns
I'll be Dwaking up dreaming of the MF#ahdi Army
And of Emboth sides losing their sDons
[Final Chorus]
They aiDn't a-gonna send me back Amto Sadr City
They aiDn't a-gonna send me baAmck
My ordDers came through and baAmbe it isn't pretty
It's AfDghanistan instead of IrCaq
They're sending me baCck
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