Just across the river, there's a place I've often been Where they rest the warriors and brave young men And I've heard gorgeous stories about times long past Preserved in memories more fragile than glass On and on, here I go, to my rest, A long opposed and never-ending debt Arlington oh I've tried and I've tried But the more that I seek you the more that you hide Arlington and it scares you to death You act like love and suffering are two strangers who just met And just across the river there's a hillside covered in white stone I'm fighting a war with myself to win a love of my own Just as she walks away and I know just where she goes She's gone to Arlington to dig another one of them damned holes Alrington, oh I've tried and I've tried Just to reach you love, but I heard no reply Arlington, your face set like stone With a spine of flesh and a heart made of bone Ahh... Oh it's a shame it's a shame Arlington, I'll be back here again I go where you go cuz I've been where you've been It's a desperate place- Arlington