MY PLACE ON THE WALL
I WAS TAKEN AS A CASUALITY OF WAR IN AUGUST
NINTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY NINE
IN A TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE BACK HOME
I WAS TAKEN AS A CASUALITY OF WAR IN AUGUST
NINTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY NINE
IN A TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE BACK HOME
WEREN’T VERY KIND
BUT THANKS YOU FOR COMING TODAY
BUT THANKS YOU FOR COMING TODAY
AND VISITING THE WALL
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF US HERE
WHO ANSWERED FREEDOM’S CALL
WE FOUGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM
SO WE THOUGHT
BUT THE LESSONS OF THIS WAR
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF US HERE
WHO ANSWERED FREEDOM’S CALL
WE FOUGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM
SO WE THOUGHT
BUT THE LESSONS OF THIS WAR
ARE STILL BEING SOUGHT
THE CALL WAS FROM OUR LEADERS
WE WERE TOLD TO HELP FIGHT AND LIBERATE
WHEN WE RETUNED HOME
THE CALL WAS FROM OUR LEADERS
WE WERE TOLD TO HELP FIGHT AND LIBERATE
WHEN WE RETUNED HOME
IT WAS TO CONTEMPT AND HATE
………..WHAT A DISGRACE
BLAME WAS ON THE WARRIOR
………..WHAT A DISGRACE
BLAME WAS ON THE WARRIOR
FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR
WE WERE CONSIDERED KILLERS AND OUTCASTS
AND LABELED FROM AFAR
NEVER AGAIN SHOULD ONE GENERATION ABANDON
THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT
EXPLAIN THIS TO THE SCHOOL KIDS
WE WERE CONSIDERED KILLERS AND OUTCASTS
AND LABELED FROM AFAR
NEVER AGAIN SHOULD ONE GENERATION ABANDON
THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT
EXPLAIN THIS TO THE SCHOOL KIDS
WHEN HISTORY IS TAUGHT
I HAVE SEEN PUBLIC ATTITUDES CHANGE SINCE
I’VE BEEN ETCHED ON THE WALL
THE VETS WHO MADE IT HOME ALL AROUND YOU
SO STOP AND SAY GREAT JOB SON
FOR ME I’LL BE ON THIS WALL FOR ETERNITY
MY SERVICE TO AMERICA
I HAVE SEEN PUBLIC ATTITUDES CHANGE SINCE
I’VE BEEN ETCHED ON THE WALL
THE VETS WHO MADE IT HOME ALL AROUND YOU
SO STOP AND SAY GREAT JOB SON
FOR ME I’LL BE ON THIS WALL FOR ETERNITY
MY SERVICE TO AMERICA
HAS LONG SINCE BEEN DONE
PLEASE PAUSE AND SALUTE ME,
I AM ON
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PLEASE PAUSE AND SALUTE ME,
I AM ON
PANEL 19 WEST LINE TWENTY-ONE
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