Song For Hugh Thomson Letra

Hugh Thomson was a pilot, just like many more Fighting for Old Glory on a far-off, foreign shore He was on a lethal mission, only one of many Following his orders to kill the enemy, to kill the enemy He flew low above the village, searching for the foe When he saw a wounded child on the path below He thought this to be a sure sign that the enemy was near So he radioed for back-up and more choppers did appear... "Help the wounded," he cried out, "and beware of an attack" And then the child died by a bullet through her back And when he looked around for the culprits of the scene It was a company of men in U.S. military green... The dead were in the hundreds, strewn all around In this place called My Lai, which once had been a town There was a hut of huddled children, soldiers had them in their sights Hugh decided at that moment to fight for what was right... "Train your weapons on the G.I.'s," and his 'copter crews obeyed And stood among the children, tattered and afraid The whole town had been murdered, but for some kids and widowed wives And Hugh Thomson made sure that those remaining would survive... It was a fifteen-minute stand-off in a knee-deep sea of red Amidst the moaning of the dying and the silence of the dead Hugh Thomson was a soldier and he served his country well On the day he saved the lives of a dozen kids in hell...