<< Song List
Cast Away Stones (Jody's War)
Out Of The Woodwork II
© 1973 by Gary E. Andrews
All Right Reserved for the Globe

Chords:
G 32OOO3
Em O22OOO
Am XO221O
D XXO232

(Verse I)

Now the war is over.
The boys are comin' home.
'Though they've signed the papers,
The battle rages on.
Hear the babies cryin'.
Hear the women moan.
Hear the liars tryin'
To cover up the bones.

(Chorus Refrain)
Cast Away Stones.
Cast Away Stones.
Can't we just Cast Away Stones?

(Verse II)
Somewhere in a gray house,
High up on a hill,
Jody heard the TV,
Her heart stood still.
Tommy's in the Army.
He's been gone too long.
Jody's in New Hampshire,
Living all alone.
Cast Away Stones.
Cast Away Stones.
Can't we just Cast Away Stones?

(Bridge)
Now it doesn't really matter,
Where you draw the line.
That's where Jody drew hers.
Here's where I'll draw mine.
People listen to me!
I can't do this alone.
I tried to do it their way.
Now I'll try my own.
Cast Away Stones.
Cast Away Stones.
Can't we just Cast Away Stones.

(Verse III)
Now we're in a time of peace,
Or so the papers say,
But Jody's heart will know no peace,
Until she sees his face.
Now the war is over.
Jody's war goes on.
If no one will help her fight,
She'll fight it all alone.
Cast Away Stones.
Cast Away Stones.
Can't we just Cast Away Stones.

---

More Info...
"Cast Away Stones" Copyright 1973 by Gary E. Andrews
All Rights Reserved For The World

I was loading bombs in Asia, some of them nuclear, with the fascist Richard Nixon regime giving the orders, when I wrote this.