the c-130 transport plane
comes in for a landing
comin' in hard and fast
that's so we don't get
shot out of the sky
i don't think i'm in kansas anymore

we land into heat and
humidity so intense
it presses down on you
snatches the breath
right out of your lungs
i don't think i'm in kansas anymore

i'm here for one year
365 days
a lifetime
i hope i make it through
there's a chance i won't
i don't think i'm in kansas anymore

assigned my unit
attatched to the 9th marines
navy combat medic
to the walking dead
this is gonna be a long year
i don't think i'm in kansas anymore

writing home to loved ones
between moments of terror
there's time to relax
those times are so few
i let them know that i'm fine
but i don't think i'm in kansas anymore

every day more of my buddies
are being picked off
one by one one by one
i hold their hands
and watch them die
i don't think i'm in kansas anymore

mom dad i'm in the hospital
i'm comin' home
wounded by hostile fire
paralyzed from the waist down
but i'm alive
i think i'm comin' home to kansas...soon