Dedication Day

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Verse 1

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August in Mildura, and winters on
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 the run,
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there?s an early taste of 
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springtime, in the warm mid-morning
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 sun.
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As the men marched past from first
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 to last, the crowds cheer everyone,
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 and war seems somehow very far 
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away, on this sunny dedication 
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day.

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They marched to a memorial, built
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 by and for their own,
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a simple wall of remembrance of 
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brick and steel and stone.
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With the names inscribed of those 
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that died and to those that had 
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made it home,
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 with a debt of love and honor to 
repay, had all gathered there on 
dedication day.


Chorus

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It?s dedication day,
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It?s dedication day.


Verse 2
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There was a concert held that 
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evening me and others sang our 
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songs,
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while the boys drank beer and 
reminisced, laughed and clapped and 
sang along.
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As I was standing there with my 
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guitar, just waiting to go on,
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 a man grabbed my arm and said 
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please would you play a, song for my
 mate Hans this dedication day.


Verse 3
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He asked me to sing welcome home, 
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and I saw tears in his eyes,
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 I knew there was a story there, 
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but I did not want to pry.
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And then he said to me, I want that
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 song you see, for this morning my 
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mate died,
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faced with his grief there was 
nothing I could say, so I sang for 
Hans on dedication day.


Chorus
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It?s dedication day
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It?s dedication day


(Piano solo)


Verse 4
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They say that Hans took his own 
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life, but I don?t know if that?s 
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true,
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but if it is that?s no surprise, 
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too many Vietnam vetrans do.
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Only those who were there, can 
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know the despair and the pain that 
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he went through,
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for who can understand it more than 
they, those who knew the cost of 
dedication day

Verse 5
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Though that Asian wars long over, 
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there still burying their dead
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yet somehow the bond grows 
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stronger, with each broken thread
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What poison stole and two hands 
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sold to taint the years ahead
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In that war so long ago and far away
 until they died of wounds on 
dedication day.


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Chorus

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It's dedication day
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It's dedication day