By Your Side

Born in the plains

A farmer's sons and brothers the same

Raised on promises

We'd stay that way

As boys we believed

Summers at the sea, we were free

To become men of good will

Side by side

We were children then

Footprints in the sand

And where the ocean bends

We made our promises

He knows

Duty soon called

1943 we enrolled

Together we would be

Our families pride

We were soldiers then

Our bodies in the sand

And like that sand through our hands

Go our grandest plans

And just to see your face for one moment

I'd cross the ocean again

The end is not the end

And I'll be by your side

On the other side

I'll be by your side

On the other side

And through the cloud of death

We find our way back home

And though I hold your hand

All must go alone

And when you see the face of our Maker

You don't have to be ashamed

He knows the promises we made

And I'll be by your side

On the other side

I'll be by your side

On the other side