Dear America: Song Activity

Rolling Stones: No Expectations

Take me to the station
And put me on a train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again

Once I was a rich man and
Now I am so poor
But never in my sweet short life
Have I felt like this before
Your heart is like a diamond
You throw your pearls at swine
And as I watch you leaving me
You pack my peace of mind

Our love was like the water
That splashes on a stone
Our love is like our music
It’s here, and then it’s gone

So take me to the airport
And put me on a plane
I got no expectations
To pass through here again


Lyrics taken from: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/NO-EXPECTATIONS-lyrics-The-Rolling-Stones/C06973092E2EAC284825689A0026C5B3





Note that the song is featured in the Dear America Movie when the troops were starting to get pulled out from Vietnam.

First Paragraph:
He is going home from Vietnam, no intention of coming back again to fight.

Second Paragraph:
He used to be a rich man before he was drafted to fight in Vietnam. But now, after several years of being away, he comes back home with nothing. But even so, he never felt so happy in his life (because the war is over)

Third Paragraph:
Her love was very precious to him, but she gave it away to another man. This means that his wife ran away with another guy. As she left, she also took away his soul.

Fourth Paragraph:
Their relationship was very fragile; it collapsed as soon as they were faced with hard problems such as him going to fight in Vietnam. It was there, and then it was gone.

Conclusion:
Well, basically, the song is about a soldier who once was a rich man coming back from the fighting but came home with nothing left, even his wife left him for another man.
I think the song is trying to tell the people of how most of the soldiers are facing real big problems after fighting such a terrible war.