The Man

Well, he was one of the millions who signed up to defend us Long ago in 1941 And when they sucker punched us in Pearl Harbor He fought under McArthur 17 with an army Thompson gun Well, he stormed a lot of beaches Slept in jungles with the leeches He saw things a young man should never see And when they shot him in the shoulder He got back up and he marched forward Left a lot of brothers dead in Kwajelin And if it wasn't for the good Lord and the man There wouldn't be a breath of freedom in this land When I see people on my TV taking shots at Uncle Sam I hope they always remember why they can 'Cause we'd all be speaking German or living under the flag of Japan If it wasn't for the good Lord and the man If it wasn't for the good Lord and the man Now I'm the grandson of a soldier And I'd fight the whole world over If duty called and freedom's on the line But thanks to the greatest generation And the ones still fighting for our nation I've never had to kill for my way of life And if it wasn't for the good Lord and the man There wouldn't be a breath of freedom in this land When I see people on my TV taking shots at Uncle Sam I hope they always remember why they can 'Cause we'd all be speaking German or living under the flag of Japan If it wasn't for the good Lord and the man If it wasn't for the good Lord and the man 'Cause he was one of the millions who signed up to defend us Long ago in 1941 And when they sucker punched us in Pearl Harbor He fought under McArthur 17 with an army Thompson gun