First Blood

John Darnielle

[Verse 1]
Mail-ordered body armor
Map to the Blue Bucket Mine
Guy who had a place down by the lakeside
Changing water to wine

[Chorus 1]
Devastating schematics
Rough drafts of the 23rd Psalm
Paul Kersey never left his apartment
John Rambo never went to Vietnam

[Verse 2]
Armor-piercing Black Talons
From the first production run
Nobody's seen them in the wild
Since 1991

[Chorus 2]
Out in the cul-de-sacs at midnight
Where the candy for the cannons comes from
I heard Buford Pusser was dirty
John Rambo never went to Vietnam

[Verse 3]
Shall we rise to the occasion
Or go to sleep for good in the trenches?
Dug in beneath a brilliant blue sky
Helmets hanging high in the branches

[Chorus 3]
Empty vessels by the dozens
Diamonds in the sun
We worship nothing in the foxholes
John Rambo never went to Vietnam

[Refrain]
John Rambo never went to Vietnam

Trivia about the song First Blood by The Mountain Goats

When was the song “First Blood” released by The Mountain Goats?
The song First Blood was released in 2022, on the album “Bleed Out”.
Who composed the song “First Blood” by The Mountain Goats?
The song “First Blood” by The Mountain Goats was composed by John Darnielle.

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