god, family and country

he grew up in a time

when a third-grade education

was all the school you needed

to work the family farm. he'd take time off on sunday

him and all his family

warm a pew

and give thanks to the lord. there was no gray

only black and white. didn't need no-one to tell him

what was wrong or right. 'cause he had god

family

and country. he set aside his plow

in early 1940

said goodbye to his small town

and put on the army green. hard times on the front lines

writin' letters on wet paper

not one word about the awful things he'd seen. his was a generation

that answered without question. they knew they had to win

'cause they were fightin' for. god

family

and country. on the coffee table

sits the family bible

where just last year he added

a little boy to the family tree. there's the folded flag they gave us

on the day he left us. but the thing that i remember most

is the way that he. believed. in god

family

and country. ohhh

we've got god. family. and country.