John Gorka - Semper Fi lyrics

My father met Eleanor Roosevelt In 1939 The war at last was over then And they were still alive Her husband was the president Til he ran out of time Her Fraklin D. was history And they'd put him on the dime My father joined the leaernecks To stay out of the mines The new marine was just fifteen In 1939 There were medals and malaria The South Pasific War Through jungles that were paradise And were paradise no more Chorus Soldiers fight and soldiers die Soldiers live to wonder why Semper fi, fe fo fum Look out peacetime, here we come Some of the men who did survive Were not the lucky ones War is only good for those Who make and sell the guns My father lay recovering The hurt was all inside Sometimes the wounds that never heal Are easiest to hide When Eleanor came bearing gifts To San Francisco Bay She gave my dad a blanket In the hospital that day That blanket meant a lot to him My mother has it still Some forget the kindnesses That others never will Chorus Soldiers fight and soldiers die Soldiers live to wonder why Semper fi, fe fo fum Look out peacetime, here we come