"WHILE SHE OUR FLAG IS FLYING HIGH,
OUR FIGHTING FORCES SHALL NEVER DIE,
WE MARCH ALL DAY AND FIGHT ALL NIGHT,
AN END TO THIS WAR IS NOWHERE IN SIGHT
WE FIGHT IN JUNGLES, ON RIVERS AND PLAINS,
WE’LL FIGHT UNTIL WE’RE PROVEN IN VAIN
IT’S KILL OR BE KILLED IN THIS MAN’S WAR
WILL YOU BE READY WHEN UNCLE SAM COMES TO YOUR DOOR?
MAYBE YOU’LL RUN AND HIDE,
OR BURN YOUR DRAFT CARD TO SHOW YOUR PRIDE
YOU FAIL TO REALIZE THAT ACROSS THE HIGH SEAS,
MANY EYES LIE CAST ON THE ACTIONS OF THESE
IF COMMUNIST WIN THE FAR OFF LAND,
YOU KNOW THEY’LL MAKE ANOTHER STAND
WHO KNOWS WHERE OR WHEN,
BUT THEY HAVE SAID ‘WE’LL CONQUER IN THE END’
IT’S UP TO MEN LIKE YOU AND ME,
TO INSURE THAT OUR COUNTRY REMAINS FREE
OUR JOB IS FAR FROM BEING NEW,
BUT LIKE OUR FOREFATHERS WE MUST COME THROUGH
YOU THAT PICKET, CARRY SIGNS AND PARADE,
WE KNOW YOU’RE REALLY JUST AFRAID
DEEP DOWN INSIDE YOU WANT TO SERVE,
BUT YOU LACK ONE THING AND THAT’S THE NERVE
YOU CHANT YOUR RHYMES AND CAUSE INCIDENTS,
YOU’VE EVEN TRIED DEPRAVING OUR PRESIDENT
IT SEEMS ODD THAT MEN IN UNIFORM LIKE US,
RISK OUR LIFE PROTECTING PEOPLE WHO MAKE SUCH A FUSS
WE’RE FAR AWAY FIGHTING THIS WAR
WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT IF IT WERE AT YOUR DOOR?
MAYBE THEN YOU WOULD SEE THE LIGHT,
FORGET YOUR DEMONSTRATIONS AND BEGIN TO FIGHT
AS AN AMERICAN I HAVE MY COUNTRY TO SERVE,
FREEDOM AND LIBERTY I MUST PRESERVE
WE CONTINUE TO STAY HERE AND FIGHT,
OH, DEMONSTRATORS, WE HOPE YOU SLEEP SOUNDLY TONIGHT.
Lance Corporal Mark Andrew Ferguson
USMC, KIA Quang Tri, RVN, 1966 age 19