Post by ''HILLBILLY'' on Jun 4, 2010 21:20:55 GMT -5
HEY Y'ALL, WITH THE ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY COMING UP I THOUGHT I'D SHARE SOMETHING WITH YA. IT'S A SONG I WROTE IN HONOR OF THOSE BRAVE MEN WHO GAVE IT ALL THAT DAY IN DEFENSE OF WHAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED EVERY DAY...FREEDOM. I HAVEN'T PUT ANY MUSIC TO IT YET SO I'LL GIVE IT TO YA IN THE FORM OF A POEM. HOPE YA LIKE IT. IT'S TITLED...
''THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA''
IT WAS A CLOUDY, WINDY MORNING
ON JUNE THE 6th OF 1944
THEY STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN A HIGGINS BOAT
ABOUT TO GET THEIR FIRST TASTE OF WAR
16 INCH SHELLS FROM THE BATTLESHIP GUNS
HAMMERED THE MIGHTY ATLANTIC WALL
AS THEY HEADED STRAIGHT INTO HELL
TOWARD THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA
WHEN THE RAMP CAME DOWN, MACHINE GUN ROUNDS
CUT THROUGH THEM LIKE A SWARM OF BEES
AND THE SEA TURNED RED WHILE BOYS LAY DYING OR DEAD
AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE
SOME PRAYED TO GOD, OTHERS CRIED FOR THEIR MOTHERS
AS ONE BY ONE THEY'D FALL
WHEN BOYS BECAME MEN THAT DAY
ON THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA
WHILE GERMAN GUNS BLAZED FROM THE CLIFFTOPS
DEALING DEATH AND CARNAGE ALL AROUND
THOSE BOYS FOUGHT FOR THEIR LIVES AND DIED YARD BY YARD
WHILE THE GERMAN 88s RAINED DOWN
THROUGH A GAUNTLET OF HELL FIRE, BLOOD, SAND, AND BARBED WIRE
DOWN ON THEIR BELLIES THEY CRAWLED
WHEN BOYS BECAME MEN THAT DAY
ON THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA
THEIR SARGENT CRIED BOYS, WE GOTTA KEEP MOVIN'
AND LED THEM AS THEY STORMED THE SEA WALL
THROUGH POT MINES, TRIP WIRES, AND A MURDEROUS CROSSFIRE
BY THE GRACE OF GOD MOST MADE IT UP THE DRAW
IT NEVER WAS IN DOUBT, TOTAL VICTORY WAS DESTINED
BUT IT CAME AT A BITTER COST
WHEN BOYS BECAME MEN THAT DAY
ON THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA
''THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA''
IT WAS A CLOUDY, WINDY MORNING
ON JUNE THE 6th OF 1944
THEY STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN A HIGGINS BOAT
ABOUT TO GET THEIR FIRST TASTE OF WAR
16 INCH SHELLS FROM THE BATTLESHIP GUNS
HAMMERED THE MIGHTY ATLANTIC WALL
AS THEY HEADED STRAIGHT INTO HELL
TOWARD THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA
WHEN THE RAMP CAME DOWN, MACHINE GUN ROUNDS
CUT THROUGH THEM LIKE A SWARM OF BEES
AND THE SEA TURNED RED WHILE BOYS LAY DYING OR DEAD
AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE
SOME PRAYED TO GOD, OTHERS CRIED FOR THEIR MOTHERS
AS ONE BY ONE THEY'D FALL
WHEN BOYS BECAME MEN THAT DAY
ON THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA
WHILE GERMAN GUNS BLAZED FROM THE CLIFFTOPS
DEALING DEATH AND CARNAGE ALL AROUND
THOSE BOYS FOUGHT FOR THEIR LIVES AND DIED YARD BY YARD
WHILE THE GERMAN 88s RAINED DOWN
THROUGH A GAUNTLET OF HELL FIRE, BLOOD, SAND, AND BARBED WIRE
DOWN ON THEIR BELLIES THEY CRAWLED
WHEN BOYS BECAME MEN THAT DAY
ON THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA
THEIR SARGENT CRIED BOYS, WE GOTTA KEEP MOVIN'
AND LED THEM AS THEY STORMED THE SEA WALL
THROUGH POT MINES, TRIP WIRES, AND A MURDEROUS CROSSFIRE
BY THE GRACE OF GOD MOST MADE IT UP THE DRAW
IT NEVER WAS IN DOUBT, TOTAL VICTORY WAS DESTINED
BUT IT CAME AT A BITTER COST
WHEN BOYS BECAME MEN THAT DAY
ON THAT BEACH NAMED OMAHA
