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Well my grandpa fought in World War 2, my uncle fought in Nam. |
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My father was too young he went to school and met my mom. |
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He heard Dad always told us stories around dinner time. |
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And there's one he told when I was young that sticks out in my mind. |
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He said ten years after daddy taught me about the birds and bees. |
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I was stranded in Pearl Harbor fighting off the Japanese. |
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When the kamikaze pilots came and dove in without warning. |
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I was on the Arizona on a warm December morning. |
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I remember when I was a younger man. |
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We were soldiers fighting in a foreign land. |
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Now I'm older, and it's happening again. |
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And it was hard to have forgiveness for the things they did that day. |
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And our president decided we should make their people pay. |
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So we dropped on Nagasaki and we cut 'em down to size. |
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And the one we dropped on Hiroshima left them vaporized. |
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And I heard some Christians say, what would Jesus do? |
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What if you were on the wrong side, would he point the gun at you. |
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And they read through every word of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and John |
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So they could see if killing was the side that Christ was on. |
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I remember when I was a younger man. |
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We were soldiers fighting in a foreign land. |
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Now I'm older, and it's happening again. |
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And they separate the Church and State and keep God out of schools. |
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So our governments can educate based upon their rules. |
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The people start to wonder if our politics makes sense. |
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When religion is our best excuse for national defence. |
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And when our citizens start saying that our wars are not ok. |
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And Washington keeps telling them God loves the USA. |
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And they teach us history so we can learn from our mistakes. |
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And this generation wants to know how many years it takes. |
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To change the way we treat our neighbors all across the land. |
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Cause if we don't change our hearts we repeat the past again. |
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I remember when I was a younger man. |
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We were soldiers fighting in a foreign land. |
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Now I'm older, and it's happening again. |
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My grandpa finished talking we went walking he and I. |
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I was thinking about the future and how I was scared to die. |
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Now my best friends' over seas in the desert where it's dry. |
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Fighting for our country and I need a reason why. |
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I remember when he was a younger man. |
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Now he's a soldier, fighting in foreign land. |
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Now were older, God bring him home again. |
