FORGET THE PAST, THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD

 

                                               By WAYNE HALFSTEP MILLER

 

 

 

                       WHEN I WAS YOUNG I FELT SO OLD

                       MY COUNTRY I CAME HOME TO SEEMED SO COLD

                       BROKEN AND TORN LIKE A BEAT UP TOY

                       I HAD TO ACT LIKE A MAN WHEN I WAS ONLY A BOY

                       A WAKE OR ASLEEP I WAS SCARED AS CAN BE

                       BECAUSE I REMEMBERED WHAT NO ONE SHOULD SEE

                       EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT IS THE THING TO DO

                       BECAUSE DRIKIING AND DRUGGING ARE TABOO

                       PLASTIC AND METAL IS WORN BY ME

                       SO I’LL READJUST AND TRY TO BE FREE

                       NEW MEDALS NOW WORN AROUND MY NECK

                       LIKE GOLD, SILVER, AND BRONZE FOR MY SUCCESS

                       I’M OLDER NOW THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY

                       I THINK OF THAT BOY WITH A TEAR IN MY EYE

                       STILL BROKEN AND TORE LIKE THAT BEAT UP TOY

                       ANGER AND FEAR NOW PRIDE AND JOY

                       I SERVED WITH PRIDE AND DIGNITY

                       THANK YOU GOD U.S.MARINES AND FAMILY

                       FORGET THE PAST THAT’S WHAT I’M TOLD

                       WHEN I WAS YOUNG I FELT SO OLD