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?I WILL FIGHT FOR FOOD? the story of PRIVATE WILLIE BROWN
COPYWRITE2009 PAUL GUY BOVEE- BMI
I FOUND HIM SITTING ON HIS OLD DUFFLE BAG, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, HE LOOKED ABOUT 65YEARS OLD
I FELT IT WAS MY DUTY, TO STOP, AND PICK HIM UP , AND,DROP HIM OFF, SOMEWHERE, OUT OF THE COLD
HE DIDN?T SAY A WORD, AS HE CLIMBED INTO MY RIG, AND , I COULD SEE, THE TROUBLES ON HIS MIND
SO, WE JUST DROVE OFF IN THE NIGHT, UNTIL HE FELL ASLEEP, AND, THAT ?S WHEN, I SAW THAT OLD CARDBOARD SIGN
AND, IT SAID, I WILL FIGHT FOR FOOD, IF UNCLE SAM WILL TAKE ME BACK, I?LL STAY FOR GOOD
MY NAME IS PRIVATE WILLIE BROWN, AND, NO ONE CARES FOR ME, AND, I WILL FIGHT FOR FOOD
I LISTENED TO HIM TALKING, IN HIS SLEEP TO HIS PATROL?IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LONG AND CRAZY NITE
IN THOSE JUNGLES LONG AGO, AND, THE BATTLE HE WAS FIGHTING, IN HIS DREAMS AS, WE DROVE ON THROUGH THE NITE
I SHUDDERED, WHEN, HE STARTED SCREAMING JOHNNY, JOHNNY, PLEASE DON?T DIE, I GOT YOU MAN
BUT, WHEN HE STARTED CRYING, I GUESS I STARTED TOO, AS I WATCHED HIM, LETTING GO OF JOHNNY?S HAND
HIS SIGN SAID, I WILL FIGHT FOR FOOD, WHAT A WAY, FOR THIS BRAVE MAN TO LIVE
HIS NAME WAS PRIVATE WILLIE BROWN, BUT, NO ONE REALLY CARES, ABOUT THE MAN, OR WHAT HE HAD TO GIVE, AIN?T THAT SAD?
BUT, I LOVE YOU WILLIE BROWN, AND, THANKS, FOR WHAT YOU DID,OH, BEAUTIFUL FOR GRACIOUS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SKIES