HE GREW UP IN A TIME
WHEN A
THIRD-GRADE
EDUCATION
WAS ALL THE SCHOOL
YOU NEEDED
TO WORK
THE FAMILY FARM
HE'D TAKE TIME OFF
ON SUNDAY
HIM AND
ALL HIS FAMILY
WARM A PEW
AND GIVE THANKS
TO THE LORD
THERE WAS NO GRAY
ONLY BLACK AND WHITE
HE DIDN'T NEED
NO ONE TO TELL HIM
WHAT WAS
WRONG OR RIGHT
'CAUSE HE HAD GOD
FAMILY
AND COUNTRY
HE SET ASIDE HIS PLOW
IN EARLY 1940
SAID GOODBYE
TO HIS SMALL TOWN
AND PUT ON
THE ARMY GREENS
HARD TIMES
ON THE FRONT LINES
WRITIN' LETTERS
ON WET PAPER
NOT ONE WORD ABOUT
THE AWFUL THINGS
HE'D SEEN
HIS WAS
A GENERATION
THAT ANSWERED
WITHOUT QUESTION
KNEW THEY HAD TO WIN
'CAUSE THEY WERE
FIGHTIN' FOR
GOD
FAMILY
AND COUNTRY
WOH OH OH OH
ON THE COFFEE TABLE
SITS THE FAMILY BIBLE
WHERE JUST LAST YEAR
HE ADDED
MY LITTLE BOY
TO THE FAMILY TREE
THERE'S THE
FOLDED FLAG
THEY GAVE US
ON THE DAY HE LEFT US
BUT THE THING THAT
I'LL REMEMBER MOST
IS THE WAY THAT HE
BELIEVED
IN GOD
FAMILY
AND COUNTRY
WOH OH OH OH
WE'VE GOT GOD
FAMILY
AND COUNTRY