WELL HE WAS ONE
OF THE MILLIONS
WHO SIGNED UP
TO DEFEND US
LONG AGO
IN NINETEEN
FORTY-ONE
WHEN THEY SUCKER
PUNCHED US
IN PEARL HARBOR
HE FOUGHT UNDER
MACARTHUR
SEVENTEEN
WITH AN ARMY
THOMPSON GUN
WELL HE STORMED
A LOT OF BEACHES
SLEPT IN JUNGLES
WITH THE LEECHES
HE SAW THINGS
A YOUNG MAN
SHOULD NEVER SEE
AND WHEN THEY
SHOT HIM
IN THE SHOULDER
HE GOT BACK UP
AND HE MARCHED
FORWARD
LEFT A LOT
OF BROTHERS
DEAD IN KAWAGALIE
AND IF IT WASN'T
FOR THE GOOD LORD
AND THE MAN
THERE WOULDN'T BE
A BREATH OF FREEDOM
IN THIS LAND
AND I SEE PEOPLE
ON MY T.V.
TAKIN' SHOTS
AT UNCLE SAM
I HOPE THEY ALWAYS
REMEMBER WHY
THEY CAN
'CAUSE WE'D ALL BE
SPEAKIN' GERMAN
LIVIN' UNDER
THE FLAG OF JAPAN
IF IT WASN'T FOR
THE GOOD LORD
AND THE MAN
IF IT WASN'T FOR
THE GOOD LORD
AND THE MAN
WELL I'M THE GRANDSON
OF A SOLDIER
AND I'D FIGHT
THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
IF DUTY CALLED
AND FREEDOM'S ON
THE LINE
BUT THANKS TO
THE GREATEST
GENERATION
AND THE ONES STILL
FIGHTIN' FOR
OUR NATION
I'VE NEVER HAD
TO KILL FOR
MY WAY OF LIFE
IF IT WASN'T FOR
THE GOOD LORD
AND THE MAN
THERE WOULDN'T BE
A BREATH OF FREEDOM
IN THIS LAND
AND I SEE PEOPLE
ON MY T.V.
TAKIN' SHOTS
AT UNCLE SAM
I HOPE THEY ALWAYS
REMEMBER
WHY THEY CAN
'CAUSE WE'D ALL BE
SPEAKIN' GERMAN
LIVIN' UNDER
THE FLAG OF JAPAN
IF IT WASN'T FOR
THE GOOD LORD
AND THE MAN
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
IF IT WASN'T FOR
THE GOOD LORD
AND THE MAN
THERE WOULDN'T BE
A BREATH OF FREEDOM
IN THIS LAND
AND I SEE PEOPLE
ON MY T.V.
TAKIN' SHOTS
AT UNCLE SAM
I HOPE THEY ALWAYS
REMEMBER
WHY THEY CAN
'CAUSE WE'D ALL BE
SPEAKIN' GERMAN
LIVIN' UNDER
THE FLAG OF JAPAN
IF IT WASN'T FOR
THE GOOD LORD
AND THE MAN
IF IT WASN'T FOR
THE GOOD LORD
AND THE MAN