Pearl's Eye View (The Life of Dickey Chapelle)

Oh, she was high up there in the air

Caught still by a soldier's stare

Whenever it was men amongst men

Down upon the land

And she followed those Mothers' sons

She felt the thunder of their guns

From a pearl's eye view

Just a camera in her hand

She was born Georgette but the name

Didn't suit her well

So, she blew out of Wisconsin as Dickey Chapelle

Oh, she flew with a pilot's pride

The first witness to either side

She carried relief to the lost ones

Between the bombs

And we saw it all through her lens

Well, she knew she'll go back again

When the call rang out

Once more from Vietnam

She's been through this before

She'll tell you war is hell

Her pearl earrings caught the light

On Dickey Chapelle

Oh, that's the way it was

She was the only one to tell

In 1962, she blew the

Whistle loud and clear

And now, we trace her wings

In her footsteps without fear

To the front lines where she fell

Where she lies still but she's still there

Oh, it was 1965 over

Chu Lai in a free fall dive

In a dawn patrol to cover

The dead zone ground

She tiptoed through the land mines

All along the enemy lines

But she never saw the one

That took her down

Now, she captured

The bloody pearls of war so well

That war was bound to steal the end

Of Dickey Chapelle

(From a pearl's eye view)

Dickey Chapelle

(From a pearl's eye view)

Dickey Chapelle

(From a pearl's eye view)

Dickey Chapelle