Veterans Day

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[Verse 1]
I used to hang out down at the local
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 VFW hall
Lord, I was staring at a photograph 
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up on the wall
Of all the boys in the neighbourhood
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 who died back in World War Two
And the hand lettered sign said, 
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'Remember our Jimmy McGrew'


[Verse 2]
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Well, Jimmy went away back in 1965
There's a lot of men here think that
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 Jimmy McGrew's still alive
They carved his name on a stone down
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 in Washington, DC
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But his brother says, "That stone 
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don't mean a damn thing to me"


[Chorus]
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It's veteran's day and the skies 
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are grey
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Leave your uniforms home, boys, 
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there ain't gonna be a parade
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But we'll fill up a glass for the 
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ones that didn't make it through,   
yeah
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Hey, leave a light in the window 
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tonight for Jimmy McGrew


[Verse 3]
There's a hot rain falling on the 
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back streets of Saigon
And there's a white man running down
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 the alley with his mama-san
But lord, his eyes are cloudy and 
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his arms are black and blue
And he's a-hanging by a thread and 
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he looks like our Jimmy McGrew


[Chorus]
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It's veteran's day and the skies 
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are grey
                    Bm         
Leave your uniforms home, boys, 
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there ain't gonna be a parade
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But we'll fill up a glass for the 
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ones that didn't make it through,   
yeah
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Hey, leave a light in the window 
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tonight for Jimmy McGrew
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Yeah, leave a light in the window 
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tonight for Jimmy McGrew