Letras
When I was only nineteen
I went to fight a war
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Across the great Pacific
To fight on foreign shores
Proud to do my duty
In the infantry
Bound to serve my country
For
my country tis of thee
I thought the war was over
But the war has just begun
For my wife and children
For the one's that I love
They said there was no danger
This I did believe
I was bound to serve my country
My country tis of thee
I fought in the
jungles
Where the enemy
Was thought to find shelter
Beneath the forest green
Until our planes flew over
Dropping a herbicide
Known to be Agent Orange
I watched the country die
I thought the war was over
But the war has just begun
For my wife and children
For the one's I love
They said it would not harm us
No grass, no leaves, no trees
The smell of rotting timber
My country tis of thee
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At first I thought it only
To be but a skin rash
That spread across my body
Up my legs and down my back
Until my stomach
started aching
As it aches me today
The doctor says I've got cancer
Down at the V.A.
I thought the war was over
But the war has just begun
For my wife and children
For the one's I love
Now we face the future
Not knowing what it might bring
Either love,
joy, or sorrow
My country tis of thee