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By jwb71913 Date: 2003 Mar 21 Comment on this Work [[2003.03.21.19.58.15147]] |
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Oh my son, you showed the truth When you were born November night The cold winds blew, the promise of youth Fell aside for me that night The truth of love was revealed to me The moment they rolled you in Behind the glass I adored your face And I knew you would always win You were scarred like a raging bull The fight for life had raked you Like the claws of an angry cat But your little heart was true And now you wear the Navy blue And roam the seas so deep Where once my baby tugged at me A man fights while we sleep The rockets scream, the shells lay waste Hear shriek of phantoms wrath God help the boy who swabs the decks And lead him down your path To all our sons, whose mothers cry Is heard across the land Godspeed and hope you soon will fly Away from burning sand |