forgotten years

few of the sins of the father

are visited upon the son

hearts have been hard

our hands have been clenched in a fist too long

our sons need never be soldiers

our daughters will never need guns

these are the years between

these are the years that were hard fought and won

contracts torn at the edges

old signatures stained with tears

seasons of war and peace

these should not be forgotten years

still it aches like tetanus

it reeks of politics

how many dreams remain? this is a feeling too strong to contain

the hardest years

the darkest years

the roarin' years

the fallen years

these should not be forgotten years

the hardest years

the wildest years

the desperate and divided years

we will remember

these should not be forgotten years

our shoreline was never invaded

our country was never in flames

this is the calm we breathe

this is a feeling too strong to contain

still it aches like tetanus

it reeks of politics

signatures stained with tears

who can remember

we've got to remember

the hardest years

the darkest years

the roarin' years

the fallen years

these should not be forgotten years

the hardest years

the wildest years

the desperate and divided years

we will remember

these should not be forgotten years

the hardest years

the darkest years

the roarin' years

the fallen years

these should not be forgotten years

the hardest years

the wildest years

the desperate and divided years

we will remember

these should not be forgotten years

the hardest. forsaking aching breaking years

the time and tested heartbreak years

these should not be forgotten years

the blinded years

the binded years

the desperate and divided years

these should not be forgotten years

remember