The Sands of Iwo Jima - Vocal Recut / Remixed / Remastered

George A. was at the movies in December '41
They announced it in the lobby what had just gone on
He drove up from Birmingham back to the family's farm
Tried to get him a deferment, there was much work to be done

He was a family man, even in those days
But Uncle Sam decided he was needed anyway
In the South Pacific, over half a world away
He believed in God and Country, things was just that way
Just that way

When I was just a kid, I spent every weekend
On the farm he grew up on so, I guess so did I
And we'd stay up watching movies on the black and white TV
We watched "The Sands of Iwo Jima", starring John Wayne

And every year in June, George A. goes to a reunion
Of the men that he served with, their wives and kids and grandkids
My great uncle used to take me and I'd watch them recollect
About some things I could not comprehend

And I thought about that movie, and I asked if it was that way
He just shook his head and smiled at me in such a loving way
As he thought about some friends he would never see again
George A. never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima

Most of them men are gone now, but he goes still every year
And George A's still doing fine, especially for his years

He's still living in that homestead in the house where he was born
And I sure wish I could go see him today

And he never drove a new car though, he could easily afford it
He'd just buy one for the family, take whatever no one wanted
He said a shiny car don't mean much after all the things he'd seen
George A. never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima

George A. never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima