Drive-By Truckers - The Sands of Iwo Jima lyrics
[Drive-By Truckers - The Sands of Iwo Jima lyrics]
George A was at the movies in December '41
They announced it in the lobby
What had just gone on
He drove up from Birmingham back
To the family's farm
Thought he'd get him a deferment there's
Was much work to be done
He was a family man, even in those days
But Uncle Sam decided he was needed anyway
In the South Pacific over half a world away
He believed in God and Country
Things was just that way
Just that way
When I was just a kid I spent every weekend
On the farm that he grew up on
So I guess so did I
And we'd stay up watching movies on
The black and white TV
We watched "The Sands of Iwo
Jima" starring John Wayne
Every year in June George A goes to a reunion
Of the men that he served with and
Their wives and kids and grandkids
My Great Uncle used to take me
And I'd watch them recollect
About some things that I could not comprehend
And I thought about that movie
Asked if it was that way
He just shook his head and smiled at
Me in such a loving way
As he thought about some friends
He will never see again
He said "I never saw John Wayne
On the sands of Iwo Jima"
Most of those men are gone now
But he goes still every year
And George A's still doing fine
Especially for his years
He's still living on that homestead in the
House that he was born in
And I sure wish I could go see him today
He never drove a new car though
He could easily afford it
He'd just buy one for the family
And take whatever no one wanted
He said a shiny car didn't mean much
After all the things he'd seen
George A never saw John Wayne on
The sands of Iwo Jima
They announced it in the lobby
What had just gone on
He drove up from Birmingham back
To the family's farm
Thought he'd get him a deferment there's
Was much work to be done
He was a family man, even in those days
But Uncle Sam decided he was needed anyway
In the South Pacific over half a world away
He believed in God and Country
Things was just that way
Just that way
When I was just a kid I spent every weekend
On the farm that he grew up on
So I guess so did I
And we'd stay up watching movies on
The black and white TV
We watched "The Sands of Iwo
Jima" starring John Wayne
Every year in June George A goes to a reunion
Of the men that he served with and
Their wives and kids and grandkids
My Great Uncle used to take me
And I'd watch them recollect
About some things that I could not comprehend
And I thought about that movie
Asked if it was that way
He just shook his head and smiled at
Me in such a loving way
As he thought about some friends
He will never see again
He said "I never saw John Wayne
On the sands of Iwo Jima"
Most of those men are gone now
But he goes still every year
And George A's still doing fine
Especially for his years
He's still living on that homestead in the
House that he was born in
And I sure wish I could go see him today
He never drove a new car though
He could easily afford it
He'd just buy one for the family
And take whatever no one wanted
He said a shiny car didn't mean much
After all the things he'd seen
George A never saw John Wayne on
The sands of Iwo Jima