The Sands Of Iwo Jima-Drive-By Truckers

[ti:The Sands Of Iwo Jima] [ar:Drive-By Truckers] [al:The Dirty South] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Sands Of Iwo Jima - Drive-By Truckers [00:11.67]George a was at the movies in december '41 [00:16.00] [00:16.87]They announced it in the lobby what had just gone on [00:21.44] [00:23.29]He drove up from birmingham back to the family's farm [00:27.46] [00:28.17]Thought he'd get him a deferment there's was much work to be done [00:32.90] [00:33.42]He was a family man even in those days [00:38.57] [00:39.69]But uncle sam decided he was needed anyway [00:44.04] [00:45.58]In the south pacific over half a world away [00:49.47] [00:50.54]He believed in god and country things was just that way [00:54.95] [00:55.87]Just that way [00:58.02] [01:13.20]When I was just a kid I spent every weekend [01:18.16] [01:18.76]On the farm me grew up on so I guess so did I [01:23.53] [01:24.28]And we'd stay up watching movies on the black and white TV [01:29.77]We watched the sands of iwo jima starring john wayne [01:35.96] [01:47.57]Every year in june george a goes to a reunion [01:51.71] [01:52.36]Of the men that he served with and their wives and kids and grandkids [01:57.27] [01:58.00]My great uncle used to take me and I'd watch them recollect [02:02.67] [02:03.19]About some things I couldn't comprehend [02:06.81] [02:09.11]And I thought about that movie asked if it was that way [02:13.90] [02:14.42]He just shook his head and smiled at me in such a loving way [02:19.29] [02:20.01]As he thought about some friends he will never see again [02:24.80] [02:25.62]He said I never saw john wayne on the sands of iwo jima [02:30.52] [02:59.39]Most of those men are gone now but he goes still every year [03:04.23] [03:04.89]And george a's still doing fine especially for his years [03:09.61] [03:10.62]He's still living on that homestead in the house that he was born in [03:16.16]And I sure wish I could go see him today [03:19.61] [03:21.70]He never drove a new car though he could easily afford it [03:26.63] [03:27.14]He'd just buy one for the family and take whatever no one wanted [03:32.72]He said a shiny car didn't mean much after all the things he'd seen [03:37.81] [03:38.56]George a never saw john wayne on the sands of iwo jima [03:43.40] [03:49.81]George a never saw john wayne on the sands of iwo jima