We remember in song
1) The Battle is Over - Gracious Me
The Battle’s Not Over © Gracious Me
VERSE ONE
I know a man who'd been in the war.
He can't sit with his back to the door.
He jumps when horns blare, and he's always keeping score
still unsure, can he be who he was before?
CHORUS
The battle's not over
He's still fighting hard.
His body may be safe
But his mind's still on guard.
The battle's not over
It's deep inside
It comes and it goes now
the enemy's his mind.
VERSE TWO
He wakes up shakin', covered in sweat.
Each friend an enemy he hasn't met.
I can't make him trust the war's over yet.
Every shadow the flick'ring ghost of a threat.
CHORUS
The battle's not over
He's still fighting hard.
His body may be safe
But his mind's still on guard.
The battle's not over
It's deep inside
It comes and it goes now
the enemy's his mind.
VERSE ONE REPEAT
I know a man who'd been in the war.
He can't sit with his back to the door.
He jumps when horns blare, and he's always keeping score
still unsure, can he be who he was before?
(Tag) Can he be who he was before?
2) The Battle is Not Over - Songa
Olive Branch to Olive Green
by Jim Brown Mario Friedel
There never was much money, in his whole family
Not a sign of riches, least not that you could see
Grew up wearing hand me downs from his big brother Bill
Drafted him in ‘63 said son, you're gonna kill
He was happy, he was free...Olive Branch to Olive Green
Restless days and sleepless nights, not knowing what’s in store
Wasn’t in his dreams or plans to wear a uniform
A burley guy in olive green, stood him by the door
Said “Son we’ll trade them blue jeans for an AG 44.”
Olive Branch to Olive Green; off to serve for his country
Olive Branch to Olive Green; serving time to keep us free
Sailing cross the world somewhere, just spoilin’ for a fight
Hand to hand, tooth and nail, just didn't seem right
Wasn't seeking honor or a decorated name
Living with those battle scars was driving him insane
Olive Branch to Olive Green; sacrificed for his country
Olive Branch to Olive Green; sacrificed to keep us free
3) The Boy He Used to Be - Jane Fallon
The Boy He Used to Be
Cheeks like apples; a great big laugh, a wholesome, happy lad.
They dressed him up, gave him a gun,
sent him out to face a world gone mad.
Did what he was told to do, then quietly came home.
Left behind a shattered youth in the trenches of Toulon.
Oh he did not speak about it; he could not let them see
that he would never be the same – the boy he used to be.
As a child when kids were cruel, he would not fight them after school.
He would turn the other cheek –
believed that golden rule.
When death was his companion it tore him up inside--
The grim and ugly deeds of war he did just to survive.
Oh he did not speak about it and he could not let them see
that he would never be the same, the boy he used to be.
Went to church, knelt to pray, read his Bible faithfully each day.
Raised a family, worked a job,
seemed to get along ok.
Somewhere through the years, his prayers ran out of breath
And this godly man slowly drank himself to death.
Oh he did not speak about it and he could not let them see
that he would never be the same, the boy he used to be.
4) War Song - Doug Kolmar
War Song
I wish I didn’t have to write a war song
For this one or the next one
Or the one that came before
But If I thought a song could make a
difference
I’d write a really good one
The song to end all wars
Hmmmm
Hmmmm
You don’t have to go to war, it will come to
you
Maybe one day on your way to school
Or shopping at the mall
Now that shopping bag holds all that she
can carry
As she joins the line of refugees
From a city ‘bout to fall
She’s just a kid
She’s just like you
What will we do?
The clown becomes a hero and the
strongman breaks a sweat
But a smile is no umbrella
When the bombs are raining down
The rest of us are
walking on a high wire
Over shattered lives and bodies
When that circus comes to town
Hmmmm
Hmmmm
Hmmmm
I wish I didn’t have to write a war song
I wish children didn’t pay the price
When men’s sabres ring
Maybe all a song can do is be a witness
We remember songs and
Songs remember everything
Hmmm
© 2022, Doug Kolmar
5) Pick Up the Baby and Run - Joe Kidd & Sheila Burke
PICK UP THE BABY AND RUN -
C'mon now Mama - Hurry up Papa
We can't wait no more
Vigilantes are coming - We must keep running
They will take us now for sure
Pick up the baby and run
To the land in the distance
To the land of resistance
To the land of the free
Pick up the baby and run
From the place where we are
To the place that's as far
As the eye can see
We will meet at Grande Rio - Vaya Con Dios
The place where your brother died
Estaremos Ayee Manana - Sen Sentir Pena
Safe on the other side
CHORUS
Go now Muchacho - Don';t let them catch you
Out on the desert floor
Santa Maria - Pray that she see you
Tu Corazon Pertenece El Senor
CHORUS
6) The Dream of Peace - Jason Baker
"The Dream Of Peace"
Once there was a dream of peace
It flew around the world
It dreamed itself in every heart
And there a flag unfurled
It flew around the world
It dreamed itself in every heart
And there a flag unfurled
A humble rag proclaiming love
And peace for humankind
From heart to heart the dream flew on
And left something behind
A Dream of a world where sunflowers bloom
If we Dream a Dream of Peace
We can make that dream come true
The dream of peace it flew away
Escaping drums of war
Yet left a grain in every heart
Waiting for a door
Escaping drums of war
Yet left a grain in every heart
Waiting for a door
And when the light is let to shine
The seeds of peace will grow
Sunflowers live in every heart
Where love is free to flow
A Dream of a world where sunflowers bloom
If we Dream a Dream of Peace
We can make that dream come true
If we Dream a Dream of Peace
We can make that dream come true
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