Pearl Harbor

December 7th our nation awoke to the sounds of bombs and guns

Japanese planes swept though the sky civilians began to run

my great-grandfather tells a tale of a day of smoke and fire

American ships burned in the harbor like a funeral pyre

Remember Pearl Harbor- an American battle cry

Remember Pearl Harbor- the American brave who died

Remember the pain, remember the blood

but never.......FORGIVE!

American men manned their guns and awoke from their morning sleep

planes swept low and dropped to their death our ships sank in the deep

on the dock my great-grandfather fought manning his gun with rage

watching our fleet sink and comrades die, the beginning of an age

Young men killed by asian foe over 2000 counted dead

the ships burned the smoke stank as pearl harbor ran red

as the smoke cleared pain and anger ran though the men

they promised vengeance and vowed their lives for pearl harbor thy would win

To my great-grandfather and his comrades dead I make this solemn vow

I will never forget your fight and ill avenge you no matter how

if our nation's enemies attack we must remember lessons past

take vengeance with no mercy if our nation is to last