Well, I got a friend named Whiskey Sam He was my boonierat buddy for a year in Nam He said I think my country got a little off track It took 'em twenty-five years to welcome me back But it's better than not coming back at all Many a good man I saw fall And even now, every time I dream I hear the men and the monkeys in the jungle scream Drive on, it don't mean nothin' My children love me, and they don't understand And I got a woman who knows her man, drive on It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on I remember one night, Tex and me Walked right up on to the sea But we had our 16's on rock and roll And we seperated them from thier soul I was crazy, and I was wild And I have seen the tiger smile I spit in a bamboo viper's face And I'd be dead, but by God's grace Drive on, it don't mean nothin' My children love me, and they don't understand And I got a woman who knows her man, drive on It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on Well, the motor fell twenty feet away And I carry shrapnel to this day I came home, but Tex did not And I can't talk about the hit he got But I got a little limp now when I walk And I got a little tremolo when I talk But I finally found out who I am You're a walkin' talkin' miracle from Vietnam Drive on, it don't mean nothin' My children love me, and they don't understand And I got a woman who knows her man, drive on It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on