Name’s Daniel Miller, I live in the hills

By Springtown, Tennessee

There’s Millers been here since this country was born

We came here to be free

My daddy left these hills in forty-four

He died in Normandy

In our front room there’s a silver star

Declares his bravery

I came back from Nam in sixty-eight,

With a star on my chest

I came back here with a scar on my face

And a scar in my head

And a scar in my head

Verse 2

My buddy Roger he came back in a box

But he don’t rest still

Sometimes I see him when the fog is thick

Walkin thru the hills

His wife’s still got his Purple Heart

Hangin up by the bed

Says she’s useless with the kids and him gone

Might as well be dead

Says she feels like she’s dead

Chorus

A blood moon shines on these hills tonight

Old friends whisper near

Silver stars glitter cold and bright

Only ghosts I hear

Young soldiers die

Old leaders lie

They lied to us then, now they’re lyin again

In these hills I love so dear

Verse 3

When the bullets fly you ain’t got much choice

Choices live in my head

There’s a VC lyin’ dead on a trail

Coulda been me instead

In his wallet a girl’s photograph

A lock of black hair

I burned that stuff before we got back to base

But I still see her stare

I can still feel her stare

Repeat Chorus

Name’s Daniel Miller, I live in the hills