What We're Fighting For Lyrics - Dave Dudley

My dearest mama, they just gave us time to write 

I miss you and there's something on my mind tonight 

At mail call, I received your letter here today 

But I don't understand the things you say 

You tell me there are people marching in our streets 

The signs they carry say that we don't fight for peace 

There's not a soldier in this foreign land, who likes this war 

Oh mama, tell them what we're fighting for 

Tell them that we're fighting for the old red, white and blue 

Did they forget Pearl Harbor and Korea too 

Another flag must never fly above our nation's door 

Oh mama, tell them what we're fighting for 

From Maine to California, there are many noble men 

Who know the price of war and pray, we'd never fight again 

But the world must learn, that we will fight, we will protect our shore 

Oh mama, tell them what we're fighting for 

Oh mama, tell them what we're fighting for 

Oh mama, tell them what we're fighting for