AG Y'all - My Final Act

from Round 21, Week 3 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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Story and concept with some help from the junior GFR members on the bus ride home from school - and I really liked it! About a guy who's family had long history serving in the military, but since they were immigrants they never felt "welcome" even as they gave their life to this country. Always good to have musical inspiration too, this one was inspired by the Californication version of "Wasted Years" by Ryan Adams (of the Iron Maiden song). Needless to say, it was a fun week for me! And - I dig the song, which almost never happens!

lyrics

The letter came in yesterday,
Soon I’m off to war.
Go to battle far away
What the hell we fighting for?

No one left to see me off
They’re all dead and gone
No more teardrops left to cry
Or shoulder there to cry them on

Oh oh oh
Is this my final act?
Oh oh oh
Will I make it back

Never made it easy
living on our own
Momma told me stay at home
Devils sword cuts to the bone

Never knew my daddy
He never knew his
Legacy of service
Left us on the precipice

Oh oh oh
Is this my final act?
Oh oh oh
Will I make it back

Bridge

Try to reconcile what I’ve been raised on all along
Been a soldier my all my life, in a country where I don’t belong

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from Round 21, Week 3, released December 17, 2018

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