I WON’T FORGET

Words on a faded letter, blurred by the Vietnam rain
Forty years they still bring the anger and the pain
Medals and monuments cannot make up the loss
Of the life you never got to live and the innocence we lost

Chorus:
I won’t wave the flag or sing the words
But I know my silence will be heard
‘Cause I’ll honor you with every breath
I won’t forget

Skipping school and swimming down by the river that time
Laughing at the rules we broke, little jokes and little crimes
You didn’t have a choice when they called your name
You were just a number without a voice, no matter what they say

Chorus:

Your name stands here before me in stone side by side
On a wall that stretches on and on with the thousands who have died
Some say there’s a reason for this insanity
But I’ll never understand how war can make us free

Repeat chorus:

Barbara Martin, 2010