MC GLAUGHY'S

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The unknown soldier,

I'm sorry, I don't know your name.
How do you handle your stardom?
Cope with anonymous fame?
 
We owe you so much,
have so much to be thankful for,
you gave your life for us,
fighting someone else's bloody war.
 
And I try to picture you,
teenaged and full of spirit,
I don't believe you would have questioned,
the war, and why you were in it.
 
So you would have said farewell,
to your family, maybe a friend,
never thought about not coming back,
didn't imagine your journey's end.
 
You went straight into battle.
Blood, guts, shells, gas and noise.
Just can't imagine the destruction,
caused by the distant General’s toys.
 
You were struck your mortal blow,
I can see you bloody and dying,
maybe thinking of your loved ones,
maybe even crying.
 
Maybe you would have been scared,
maybe glad your war was done.
But your pride and spirit wouldn't have faltered,
to the end you were your country's son.
 
Because you knew what you were fighting for,
back when men were truly men,
and despite the horrors that you endured,
without hesitation, you would do it all again.
 
I look at the world you fought for,
(with the benefit of hindsight).
I question the worthy sacrifice,
would I send my sons to fight?
 
And after searching my soul,
I find the answer deep within.
Liberty is worth dying for,
without freedom, you can never begin.
 
And you have been dead many long years,
your glory is moving to history past.
But I know your legend will live on,
I know your unknown name will last.

             DMCG 1988  

                  MY LOVE

I vowed to love thee, honour and obey

My love for you these words conveyed

You said them too, yet I wonder why

You seem to always make me cry

And in a distant time and place

The image of another face

Haunts my mind both day and night

I long to reach out but, I must fight

I vowed to love thee, honour and obey

My heart cries out and I long to say

"Please love me, I will show you how,

For I am torn and I need you now."

And in a distant time and place

Love stirs from sleeps embrace

And calls to me "I am always here,

I will always hold you dear."

I vowed to love thee, honour and obey

Listen to what I have to say

Cherish me, honour me, love me true

I need you now to see me through

And in a distant time and place

Awake now and ready to embrace

The love of old calls "Come to me,

I vow to love and honour thee. 

               2002

              YESTERDAY

Sometimes when I watch my self in the mirror and see my hair turning grey

Or watch it fading away

My mind is taking me back to a couple off years ago

When I had feelings but didn’t show

At that time I didn’t know what to do

But I’m shore it was love,what I felt for you

Now I’m much older and look at it with a smile

And it makes me happy for a while

Don’t you forget that you’re still in my heart

And maybe in our next life we get a new start

For us time is on the run

But remember yesterday still lives on  

            DMCG 

TOMORROW SMILE AT SOMEONE

THAT YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE

TAKE TIME TO THINK OF OTHERS THAT

YOU FEEL COMPASSION FOR.

TOMORROW TELL SOMEBODY

HOW THEY BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY

SHOW THEM YOUR KINDNESS

PUT YOUR FEELINGS ON DISPLAY.

TOMORROW HUG YOUR CHILDREN

A LITTLE MORE TIGHTER THAN BEFORE

BE SURE TO THINK OF ALL THE THINGS

YOU CAN BE THANKFUL FOR.

TOMORROW CALL YOUR FRIEND JUST TO SAY HELLO

HUG AND KISS YOUR WIFE

THANK GOD FOR GIVING YOU

ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE.

         DMCG 1998  

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