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Dig in boys for an extended stay |
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Those were the final orders to come down that day |
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Waiting to be saved in the philippines |
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You'll wait forever for the young marines |
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Now i believe to be here is right |
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But i have to say i'm scared tonight |
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Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand |
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What comes first the country or the man |
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Look at those slanted eyes coming up over the hill |
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Catching us by surprise, it's time to kill or be killed |
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Over here, over there, it's the same everywhere |
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A boy cries out for his mama before he dies for his home |
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All my life i wanted to be |
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As clever and strong as my best friend lee |
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We grew up together along half moon bay |
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Lee was japanese, born in the usa |
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When tommy was fighting jerry along the river seine |
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Me and lee wanted to do the same |
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Then they bombed pearl harbour at the break of day |
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I was headed for these islands while lee was hauled away |
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They said look at his slanted eyes, he's guilty as guilty can be |
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Sent here as enemy spies to sabatage the land of the free |
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I never got home, my platoon was never saved |
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That little fox hole became my island grave |
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Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained |
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Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain |
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And they said oh little slanted eyes can't you forgive and forget |
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And he said, oh mr friendly ghost |
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Can you catch water in a net? |
