What is Sandman by America about?!
Question: it's about the vietnam war(hence the line "did you hear of my enlistment?")...u.s. soldiers in vietnam used to be afraid of getting shot while asleep, so they would deprive themselves of sleep, and the song is about running from the "sandman", which is often a reference to sleep...so it's about the soldiers battling to stay awake
Answers: it's about the vietnam war(hence the line "did you hear of my enlistment?")...u.s. soldiers in vietnam used to be afraid of getting shot while asleep, so they would deprive themselves of sleep, and the song is about running from the "sandman", which is often a reference to sleep...so it's about the soldiers battling to stay awake