Have you Forgotten?
Do you feel courage pumping through your veins,
At this country’s very name?
Does your blood boil every time,
You see those planes on that skyline?
How about those people that died that day?
Those who lost their lives without a say.
Have we forgotten them over the years?
Have we already finished shedding our tears?
How about the heroes who died just doing what they do?
Have we forgotten them too?
Have you forgotten why we fight?
Have you forgotten those September flights?
I haven’t forgotten,
And neither should you,
I haven’t forgotten why we fight proud and true!
America’s at war,
As it has been before,
But why are you backing down,
Instead of standing up?
Are you afraid to give up something you love?
Could I say I know how it feels,
To lose someone I love on the battlefield?
To lie awake, wishing them home,
Instead of them in a grave all alone?
I cannot say that I feel what you feel,
But I can say what I do feel!
I feel great honor, pride, and respect,
for those who died just trying to protect,
this great country of ours,
which has been attacked,
but is being avenged with blood in Iraq!
I have one question,
So answer me please,
Why a teenage boy,
With his life all at ease,
Has more faith in his country,
Than men twice his age,
And is willing to fight and die,
For this great land of his,
In which he lives?
A boy soon becomes a man,
For he knows for whom he fights and stands!
He will never stop until the job is done,
Even if that means losing some!
He knows for whom he fights and dies!
It’s for those who do everyday still cry,
For the loved ones who on that day did die,
Who get remembered on the by and by!
Everyday I remember what happened there,
By those towers near the pier.
I will never forget the black smoke against that blue sky,
Or the terror I caught in the peoples eyes!
I will never forget why we fight,
And why they die!
It’s to keep Old Glory flying high,
In America’s wide open skies!
God Bless America!