A REAL VETERANS DAY

THE FLAGS THAT FLY HIGH

AS THE FLAGS THAT FLY LOW

STILL THE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING

FIGHTING FOR A COUNTRY

A COUNTRY THAT’S YOURS

PEOPLE MOVING ON TO PLACES

PLACES THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN

THEY LEARN TO DO THINGS

FOR THIS COUNTRY THEY’VE SWORN

THEIR LIVES ALWAYS IN JEOPARDY

AS THE FAMILIES ALWAYS WAIT

AND OUR COUNTRY THAT MOURNS

FROM THE WARS OF SENSELESSNESS

YET A POWER THAT’S RELENTLESS

NEVER ANY TRUE ANSWERS

NO TRUE FUTURE

JUST PEOPLE DYING

WITH MANY MORE CRYING

ALL THAT ARE TRYING

SURVIVING

WE WILL TRY TO GO TO MARS

YET CAN NOT FIX THE WARS

WE GIVE FAMILIES FLAGS

AS WE HANG FLAGS

AND WE PLANT FLAGS

BUT WHAT IS THE REAL CAUSE

BECAUSE EVERYONE IS JUST PEOPLE

LET THE VETERANS FLOW

AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY

DOWN THE CANYON OF HERO’ES

LET ALL THE STATES PROVIDE A CANYON

AND LET THE WORLD SEE US AS ONE

EVERY DAY THERE ARE WARS

AND EVERY DAY WARS ONLY LOSE

SO JUST STOP FOR A MOMENT

THINK, HOPE, AND PRAY

SO WE LIVE THE HERE AND NOW

AND REALIZE

EVERY DAY IS VETERANS DAY

EVERY VETERANS PAYDAY

JOSEPH A DEVOE

11/11/09