the sands of iwo jima

george a. was at the movies in december '41

they announced it in the lobby what had just gone on

he drove up from birmingham back to the family's farm

thought he'd get him a deferment there's was much work to be done

he was a family man

even in those days

but uncle sam decided he was needed anyway

in the south pacific over half a world away

he believed in god and country

things was just that way

just that way. when i was just a kid i spent every weekend

on the farm that he grew up on so i guess so did i

and we'd stay up watching movies on the black and white tv

we watched the sands of iwo jima" starring john wayne