Paul Siebel - My Town lyrics

My town was fathered by orphans, praise God Who came from across the sea Time gave them plenty of nothing So why they do wish more from me? They speak to me of the factories And tell me to take my place But I'll stay here in the willow Erasing the shame from my face Have you seen Miss Delia, my God? Seen her march with a flag that is tore? Her gown once so blue is now faded And she prays that we'll find a war Yeah, she prays that we'll find a war Once to the battle with reason To vanquish the tyrant insane The poison he preached has changed places And my town has heroes again Somewhere a bugle is blowing And a drummer is moving the dust I've broken my pencils and paper While the church-bells go silent with rust Have you seen Miss Delia, my God? With her crowd down at town hall Crying her eyes out for Johnny Because he died over there for us all? Yeah, he died over there for us all