The song starts out with a Japanese song about the Cherry Blossom they are known for . The song is about a very young soldier who is experiencing things well beyond what he had ever seen before.
"In a bar, breathing smoke
Snorting whiskey, drinking coke" Too young to drink.
"Just a boy, not a man
Sent to war, in a land
They said we'd fight for their freedom
But I felt like a hired hand"-Vietnam war
The song starts out with a Japanese song about the Cherry Blossom they are known for . The song is about a very young soldier who is experiencing things well beyond what he had ever seen before. "In a bar, breathing smoke Snorting whiskey, drinking coke" Too young to drink. "Just a boy, not a man Sent to war, in a land They said we'd fight for their freedom But I felt like a hired hand"-Vietnam war
He is longing for his youth again. Normalcy.