Some love for our disabled Veterans. A song from the VA hospital.
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Story behind the song
When I was in the Navy Band, we visited the VA hospital to do a concert. I met a man named Carl who told me jokes and showed me pictures. Our last song was "You're a Grand Ole Flag". The patients stood (Those who were able) and sang along - many with tears in their eyes. tears of joy. When I got back to the barracks, I wrote this song.
Lyrics
Carl and I are bestest friends - they say we're still at war
but you can ask anybody here - we're the the same as we were before
Pretty ladies dressed in white get us our food and drink
And we play bingo every night. The rest of the time, we think.
The Navy Band came by to play an concert yesterday
I'm retired Army, but I listened anyway
And me and Carl stood, teary eyed (him propped up on his braces)
And the finished us off with "Grand Ole Flag" and waved it in our faces
Play another patriotic tune
Play another patriotic tune
Play another patriotic tune
And come on back real soon.
I got an extra pack of cigarettes- the kind the Carl smokes
And Carl's got a stack of three by five cards supplied with his favorite jokes
And we both share a photograph of a girl that we don't know
It reminds us both of times we had so long ago
Some of us forget the war, and other of them tend to savor it
Carl and I are from different wars, but we don't play favorites
And deep down we know that no one in that Navy Band has ever fought
but we're proud to see a man in a uniform getting chances we never got
Play another patriotic tune
Play another patriotic tune
Play another patriotic tune
and come on back real soon.
please,
come on back real soon
