A MEMORIAL DAY SALUTE

Copyright © 2000/Donna M. Davis

WE SALUTE THE ONES WHO HAVE PAVED OUR WAY

WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE AND GIVEN THEIR ALL

THEIR LIFE WAS THE SACRIFICE, THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

ANSWERING HEROICALLY OUR GREAT COUNTRY'S CALL

THEY WERE SOMEBODY'S BABY, A MOTHER'S CHILD

THEY WERE A LOVING FATHER'S JOY AND PRIDE

SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER, SOMEBODY'S SON

AND FOR THE LOVE OF THIS COUNTRY WILLINGLY DIED

AND YES, WE SALUTE ALL THE BRAVE SOLDIERS

WE HONOR THEM FOR THE FREEDOM THEY BOUGHT

WE COULDN'T ENJOY OUR FREEDOM OR LIBERTY

IF THIS PERSUIT FOR HAPPINESS HAD NOT BEEN SOUGHT

AND AS WE REMEMBER THE GIVING OF LIFE

WE REMEMBER OUR GOD AND THE GIFT OF HIS SON

WE DARE NOT FORGET THAT LIBERTY'S NOT FREE

A LIFE WAS REQUIRED FOR SALVATION TO BE WON