Topic: Is This What It Takes To Keep A Country Free
Is This What It Takes To Keep A Country Freeby Wayne Fiala
Created from the song: "Viet Nam - Another Long Long Night"
[1]America, Life, Liberty!Toll the bell.Let freedom ring.
These are words in songs, we love to sing.
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines. Infantry, Calvery,
Helicopters from the 117th. Bravest young men I've ever seen.
Fallen Heros Names, etched on granite walls.
Flags at half staff, duty calls, Another Hero Falls.
And, a-nother name is added to a wall.
Lordy me... Is this what it takes to keep a country free?
[2]War is war,no matter where it's fought.
America's sons and daughters, answer the call.
Brave young soldiers who give their all.
From Omaha Beach to Viet Nam,
We fight for freedom in foreign lands.
We're no different from all the rest,
We fight hard, we do our best.
We are proud of the jobs we've done,
and of the uniforms we have on,
But, sometimes we don't get a good welcome home.
Lordy me... Is this what it takes to keep a country free?
[3]Years will pass, people will change.
Will attitudes still be the same?
Will life be better then, for you and for me?
We're older now, some of us are gone.
Some where another battle goes on.
And now we pray for our own, daughters and sons.
Lordy me... Is this what it takes to keep a country free?
[4]We served, we fought, we cried for years.
We left behind rivers of tears.
We still think about things we've seen and done.
Battles lost battles won. For us, war is still reality.
Now we lay in bed at night, thinking oh-man this ain't right.
Looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night.
Lordy me... Is this what it takes to keep a country free?