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FORGOTTEN BY THE NATION THAT SENT THEM OFF TO FIGHT NOW LEFT ALONE TO SUFFER THROUGHOUT THE DARKEST NIGHT THEIR LIVES ONCE FILLED WITH HAPPINESS NOW BITTER TEARS REMAIN AS THOUGHTS RETURN TO LOVED ONES THEY'LL NEVER SEE AGAIN WHY WERE SO MANY SACRIFICED AND LEFT SO FAR BEHIND TO FACE A LONELY PRISONER'S LIFE WITH ONLY A TROUBLED MIND TO GET THEM THROUGH THE MANY YEARS IN A LAND SO FAR FROM HOME DESERTED BY A COUNTRY THAT LEFT THEM ALL ALONE FOREVER HAUNTED BY THE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE LEFT TO DIE BY POLITICIANS TOO PROUD TO HEAR THEIR MOURNFUL, SOUL-RENT CRY THE WAR WAS LOST, THE COST TOO GREAT TO ADMIT THE AWFUL TRUTH THE ONLY RECOURSE, LEAVE BEHIND SO MUCH OF AMERICA'S YOUTH THEN TURN AWAY WHEN LOVED ONES ASK WHY DO YOU HIDE THE FACT AMERICA'S LEADERS LEFT THEM THERE THEY DIDN'T TRY TO BRING THEM BACK NOW LOVED ONES GRIEVE FOR WARRIORS LOST AND BROTHERS SHED A TEAR INSIDE OUR HEARTS YOU'LL ALWAYS STAY YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN HERE ROGER HEARD |