I know just how he feels!

There's A Man Down Houston Way
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There's a man down Houston way.

He sits on a bridge and watches ships come down the channel.

In one direction, he sees a monument to fallen heroes.

In the other, he sees the city skyline.

There's a man down Houston way.

He sits on a bridge surrounded by storage tanks.

In the tanks is stored the fuel the runs the country.

In the tanks is stored the fuel that pollutes the world

There's a man down Houston way.

He sits on a bridge and is filled with sorrow.

Inside his head, he sees a dark and troubled future.

Inside his heart, he feels the grief the Earth is bound to come to.

There's a man down Houston way.

He sits on a bridge and thinks about jumping.

In the depth of his soul, he knows it would be meaningless.

In the bottom of his spirit, he knows this is not his path.

There's a man down Houston wayHe sits on a crossroad bridge of the landAnd he can't find the place inside, where truth is honored.

He can't find the place inside, that will tell him what to do.

There's a man down Houston way.

He sits on a bridge and watches the ships come up the channelIn one direction, he sees the city skylineIn the other, he sees a monument to fallen heroes

Jim Bush is a 60 year old, Vietnam-era veteran, currently living in Katy,Texas. He was raised in a military family. His father received the Silver Star for directing troops while under air attack at Clark Field in the Phillipines, survived the Bataan Death March, and spent three and a half years in a Japanese POW camp. He also received the Purple Heart for wounds received while a POW. Jim served as an army photographer in Okinawa and Korea. In 1987 he traveled to the war zones of Nicaragua with a veteran's group dedicated to stopping the Contra War.

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