In Memory of those
who gave there all
during the Gulf War
1990 - 1991
 

OUR BRAVE FORCES WENT TO FIGHT SADDAM HUSSEIN
AND MOST OF THEM CAME HOME SAFELY AGAIN

BUT SOME OF THE BRAVE MEN GAVE UP THEIR LIVES
LEAVING BEHIND SAD CHILDREN AND WIVES .

SOME OF THE DEAD WERE ONLY YOUNG LADS
STILL MOURNED BY PROUD MUMS AND DADS
NOT REALY KNOWING THE REASON WHY
IT HAD TO BE THEIR SON CHOSEN TO DIE .

 BROTHERS AND SISTERS COMFORT EACH OTHER
OVER THE LOSS OF THEIR HERO BROTHER
NOT REALY KNOWING THE REASONS FOR WAR
STILL TRYING TO GRASP WHAT THE FIGHTING WAS FOR .

THEY SAY IT WAS SO THAT PEOPLE WERE FREE
TO LIVE THEIR LIVES LIKE YOU AND ME
BUT IT REALY IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND
LOSING A LOVED ONE IN A FOREIGN LAND .

MAYBE IN TIME THE WORLD WILL KNOW PEACE
AND ALL THE FIGHTING WILL CEASE
BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING THE BIBLE IT SAITH
THERE'S A WORD TO REMEMBER THAT WORD IT IS FAITH.

IF YOU EVER STOPPED AND WONDERED WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY FREE, 
YOU WOULD SEE THE FACES BEHIND THE FLAG
OF HEART-BROKE FAMILIES.

THEY SIT AND WAIT WITH HEAVY HEARTS WHILE LOVED ONES ARE AWAY, AND
COUNT THE DAYS UNTIL THEY RETURN AND
COME HOME TO STAY.

FROM DESERT SANDS TO SWELLING SEAS THEIR BLOOD HAS BEEN SPREAD THIN,
BUT THEY CHOOSE TO SACRIFICE FOR
FREEDOM AND THAT’S THE WAY IT’S ALWAYS BEEN.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK INTO A STAR LIT SKY AT THE PASSING OF A DAY, THINK ABOUT
THE LOVED ONES THAT ARE SO FAR AWAY.

 AND WHEN THE CHILDREN ASK THE QUESTION, WHY DID DADDY HAVE TO GO AND
WILL HE BE HOME FOR MY BIRTHDAY,
AND YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM NO.
 TELL THEM DADDY LOVES THEM VERY MUCH, AND HE’S NOT SO FAR AWAY, HE’S
RIGHT THERE IN THEIR LITTLE HEART AND
THAT’S WHERE HE’LL ALWAYS STAY. 

AND WHEN THEY COME TO YOU WITH EYES FILLED UP WITH TEARS AND A SCRAPE
UPON THEIR KNEE, AND MOMMY ISN’T THERE TO KISS IT.
TELL THEM MOMMY LOVES THEM VERY MUCH, AND SHE’S NOT SO FAR AWAY,
SHE WILL COME TO THEM IN THEIR DREAMS
 AT NIGHT AND WIPE THOSE TEARS AWAY. 

NOW GOD WILL BLESS THE FATHER’S AND THE MOTHER’S TOO, AND KEEP THEM
SAFE AND IN HIS MIND AND RETURN THEM
HOME TO THE ONES THEY LEFT BEHIND.

Mr.Mom