Post by OB1SAM on Jan 22, 2007 6:37:59 GMT -5
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>>>>JUST A COMMON SOLDIER
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>>>>He was getting old and paunchy, and his hair was falling fast,
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>>>>As he sat in the Legion hall telling stories of the past,
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>>>>Of a war that he had fought in, and the deeds that he had done.
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>>>>In his exploits with his buddies, they were heroes, every one.
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>>>>Though sometimes to his neighbors his tales became a joke,
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>>>>All his soldier mates they listened, for they knew whereof he spoke.
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>>>>But we'll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away,
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>>>>And the world's a little poorer - for a soldier died today.
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>>>>He'll not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife.
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>>>>For he lived a very ordinary, quite uneventful life.
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>>>>Held a job and raised a family, quietly going his own way
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>>>>And the world won't note his passing, though a soldier died today.
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>>>>When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state
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>>>>While thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great.
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>>>>Papers tell of their life story from the time that they were young,
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>>>>But the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung.
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>>>>Is the greatest contribution to the wefare of our land
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>>>>A man who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man?
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>>>>Or the ordinary fellow who, in times of war and strife
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>>>>Goes off to serve his country and offers up his life?
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>>>>A politician's stipend and the style in which he lives
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>>>>Are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives;
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>>>>While the ordinary soldier who offer up his all
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>>>>Is paid off with a medal, and perhaps a pension, small.
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>>>>It's so easy to forget them for it was so long ago
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>>>>That the "Old Bills" of our country went to battle, but we know
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>>>>It was not the politicians, with their compromise and ploys
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>>>>Who won for us the freedom that our country now enjoys.
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>>>>Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand,
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>>>>Would you want a politician, with his ever-shifting stand?
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>>>>Or would you prefer a soldier, who has sworn to defend
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>>>>His home, his kin and country, and would fight until the end?
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>>>>He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin,
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>>>>But his presence should remind us, we may need his like again,
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>>>>For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part
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>>>>Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.
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>>>>If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise
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>>>>Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days.
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>>>>And perhaps just a simple headline in a paper that would say:
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>>>>"Our country is in mourning - for a soldier died today."
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> :'(OB1SAM/samdon