| Song | The Missionary |
| Artist | Jimmy Buffett |
| Album | Before The Beach |
| Lyrics：Jimmy Buffett Music：Jimmy Buffett | |
| I didn't know we were at war | |
| I've been away so long | |
| Trying to help once lost men | |
| Distinguish right from wrong | |
| I didn't know we'd killed the men | |
| Our leaders proud and strong | |
| The situation's changed my friend | |
| I've been away too long | |
| I taught my friends | |
| How we had gained respect for every man | |
| And freedom flowed like jungle streams | |
| While peace embraced the land | |
| I told them how we'd learned to change | |
| Our sword blades into plows | |
| I told them they should learn from us | |
| What should I tell them now | |
| Chorus: | |
| 'Cause I didn't know we were at war | |
| I've been away so long | |
| Trying to help once lost men | |
| Distinguish right from wrong | |
| The jungle silence shut them off | |
| From civilized mankind | |
| Their nakedness was no disgrace | |
| No censors could I find | |
| The population lived in peace | |
| All brothers on their own | |
| And now that I have seen the mess | |
| I don't think I'll go home | |
| Chorus: | |
| 'Cause I didn't know we were at war | |
| I've been away so long | |
| I told them they should learn from us | |
| I think I told them wrong |
| Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Music: Jimmy Buffett | |
| I didn' t know we were at war | |
| I' ve been away so long | |
| Trying to help once lost men | |
| Distinguish right from wrong | |
| I didn' t know we' d killed the men | |
| Our leaders proud and strong | |
| The situation' s changed my friend | |
| I' ve been away too long | |
| I taught my friends | |
| How we had gained respect for every man | |
| And freedom flowed like jungle streams | |
| While peace embraced the land | |
| I told them how we' d learned to change | |
| Our sword blades into plows | |
| I told them they should learn from us | |
| What should I tell them now | |
| Chorus: | |
| ' Cause I didn' t know we were at war | |
| I' ve been away so long | |
| Trying to help once lost men | |
| Distinguish right from wrong | |
| The jungle silence shut them off | |
| From civilized mankind | |
| Their nakedness was no disgrace | |
| No censors could I find | |
| The population lived in peace | |
| All brothers on their own | |
| And now that I have seen the mess | |
| I don' t think I' ll go home | |
| Chorus: | |
| ' Cause I didn' t know we were at war | |
| I' ve been away so long | |
| I told them they should learn from us | |
| I think I told them wrong |