The Blue And The Gray Lyrics - Lucero

the family's been here for 

the last hundred years 

and it's all that he's ever known 

life in the cotton fields 

swamps and the rolling hills 

always called Arkansas home 

but when the war came 

like his father before 

he joined the army 

and went to the war 

leaving the rolling hills 

swamps and the cotton fields 

bound for a Normandy shore 

the patch that he wore on 

his uniform 

was both blue and grey 

the colors of men who died 

fighting another fight 

and more would die today 

at Omaha beach against Germany 

a young country boy 

struggled out of the sea 

up on the sand where 

many a man 

would never know victory 

fought the entire time 

up on the front line 

it was lonely, bloody and cold 

the only relief he'd find 

might be some old French wine 

the water was all dirty and froze 

but he was luckier than some 

a better soldier than most 

he came back from Europe 

but never got home 

now he's back on the farm 

but not out of harm 

he drank so the pain wouldn't show 

well he left behind 

my brothers and I 

we never really knew him at all 

I barely remember him 

smoking with a grin 

but looking mean; standing tall 

well I can only hope 

that he wouldn't be ashamed 

of the man I become 

and the life that I made 

and he did the hardest part 

and lived life with all his heart 

and I hope I don't let him down 

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