Galveston, released in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War, tells the story of a soldier pining for his Texan hometown as he prepares to go in to battle. "I clean my gun and think of Galveston."
Below is the remastered original and here is an acoustic version. Country singer Glen Campbell had songwriter Jimmy Webb to thank for two more of his biggest hits, Wichita Lineman and By the Time I Get to Phoenix (written when Webb was only 19).
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