Welcome my friend, newest member

[SgtBlake]

PHO127 ain't no headhunters on this site, so your safe toss your gear in a corner and pull up a footlocker, and enjoy the ride, stop by the Warriors Saloon sometime and I'll buy ya a few, we always have a party going on over there. Welcome Home!!

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The Day The Sun Stood Still
recorded by Travis Tritt

We were young and bound for glory
Itchin' for a fight like you
Bringin' hell and purgatory
To the boys who wore the blue
And I thought I'd seen it all
Till the day night wouldn't fall
Oh, how the sun did blaze
Wouldn't go down for days
I got shot and lost my rifle
When the first wave hit the rise
And the guns rolled out like thunder
And the black smoke burned my eyes
And I watched it all unfold
Just the way the Bible told
Joshua's endless day
Keepin' the night at bay
And the soldiers kept a comin'
Til the ground looked like a sea
Of blue and grey
And I watched it from a distance
Wonderin' if I would've fought or run away

The day the sun stood still
How they beat the bloody drums
And the seconds moved like hours
But the sunset never comes
And the cannons shake the ground
And the bullets test your will
Even shadows found no cover
On that Godforsaken hill
The day the sun stood still

And I watched them lean their shoulders
To the fearful hail of lead
And I prayed for night to save us
And I cried and bowed my head
Bt the sun just kept a-creepin'
'Cross a cold indifferent sky
Castin' a deadly glow
On all the men below
All the hours in a lifetime
Don't add up to one while minute in that sun
And the heroes and the cowards
Look the same when they have fallen by the gun
The day the sun stood still

And the north and south looked west
But the evening star was sleeping
And the daylight wouldn't rest
Out on the killing floor
The red sun on the the hill
Shinin' down on all the dead men
With a strange and eerie chill
The day the sun stood still

Do not judge what you brother does
Till you've walked a mile
Rank by bloody file
Who's to say if you'll run or stay and fight?

The day the sun stood still
Is just beneath the skin
In the soul of every soldier
Every battle that he's in
The day the sun stood still
Will haunt your dreams at night
And stalk your every sunrise
Though you will not know it till

The day the sun stood still
How they beat the bloody drums
And the seconds moved like hours
But the sunset never comes
And the cannons shake the ground
And the bullets test your will
Even shadows found no cover
On that Godforsaken hill
The day the sun stood still

[Gimpy]

I'd jest bout fergot that old "homeboys" song.

Fer all y'all Yankee types whut dun't knoe much bout good ole country music. Travis Tritt jest happens ta be a down home, good-ole-boy frum "Jawga" jest like your's truly!!! He lived jest up yonder from my couzin-in-law sumwhare close ta Ma-Ret-A, Jawga.

Damn thet boy can shore can sang a mean song, ya knoe!!

[SEATJERKER]

...the Country fest up here in a few weeks...

...Sis, pull up Montgomery Gentry's... "Tattoos, and scars" of the CD of the same title...

...

[DMZ-LT]

Thanks to all of you for making Sid , my bestest friend, feel welcome here. He really does feel welcome. I,ve told him this is my "group" since I don't play well with others in real group. I have laughed , cried, learned and healed here and I have enjoyed the journey. Glad you joined brother we are headed home. Welcome home to all the brothers -------- and sis ! Thank all of you again.

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MONTGOMERY GENTRY LYRICS


Tattoos & Scars
(Tony Lane)

A young kid stepped in from the cold
And he ordered up a drink
He said don't look surprised old man
I'm older than you think
If I was the talkin' kind
I could tell you a thing or two
And since you didn't ask, l
let me show you my tattoos

He said I got this rose in Memphis
in some back old alley dump
Picked this eagle up in Dallas,
man I sure was good and drunk
And you know the way I see it,
If it gets any worse out there
A guy like me hasn't got a prayer

The old man poured some coffee
He said this one's on me
Sat down his cigarette
and rolled up his sleeve
Said take a good look here my friend
You see what these are
Just my ragged old
and jagged ordinary scars
He said I got this one in Paris
in a war 'fore you were born
And this one when I was half your age
workin' on my daddy's farm
And you know the way I see it,
son you ain't seen what I've seen
Cause tattoos and scars are different things

He said I've been here
for all these years
And what I know is this
If you look and listen close
A man will show you what he is
You know the way I see it,
you've been 'round but you're still green
Cause tattoos and scars are different things

A young kid stepped in from the cold
And he ordered up a drink
He said don't look surprised old man
I'm older than you think

www.montgomerygentry.com/

Gimpy if they don't know Travis they don't know nuthin'. BTW I think you and I have been travelin in the same circles 'cordin' to Jimmy's quote. 'ceptin for the good times and riches. Haven't seen a whole lot of them. But them sumsofbitches? Yup!

www.travis-tritt.com/

[SEATJERKER]

...I aint got any tattoos, but....

[PHO127]

Ok sis, but remember not all tattoos are visible and not all scars can be seen.

Pretty profound prose.

pho127

[DMZ-LT]

Seem to have more than my share of both Tattoos and Scars. Got my last tattoo just to stay ahead of my daughter in the #'s of tatoos - really can't have a daughter with more tatoos than her Dad. Me , Sid, his brother (Marine Recon, RVN) and 5 other vets all went to a fellow vets tattoo shop. He told us to bring our coolers and plan to party. He closed down the shop and we all got tattoos - my wife Sharon has still not seen the heart with Donna in the middle of it on my ass.

[Andy]

What about the words to Marching Through Georgia, I always liked that one. Actually there a song called The Battle of Shiloh Hill, not pro North or South. It just talks of the brave men on both sides and those who gave it all. After a fight like that both sides had to respect (not like but), respect the other side.

Stay healthy,
Gen. William T. Andy