Lyrics:
Sixty-six was still a narrow two-lane highway
Harry Truman was the man who ran the show
The bad Korean war was just beginning
And I was just three years too young to go
Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet
And a service man was proud of what he'd done
Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry jukebox
That's the way it was in fifty one.
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M1 in his hand,
Marching to the Korean war, hey marching to the Korean war.
Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Vietnam?
John and Linda live in Omaha,
And Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
Still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.
[Chorus]
Ya know that old trees just grow stronger,
And old rivers grow wilder every day.
Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost Davy in the Korean war.
I still don't know what for, don't matter any more.
You know that old trees just grow stronger,
and old rivers grow wilder every day,
but old people, they just grow lonesome
waiting for someone to say,
"Hello in there.
We had an apartment in the city
Me and Loretta liked living there
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown
A life of their own, left us alone
John and Linda live in Omaha
And Joe is somewhere on the road
We lost Davy in the Korean war
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore
You know that old trees just grow stronger
And old rivers grow wilder every day
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello"
Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more
She sits and stares through the back door screen
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy
We worked together at the factory
What could I say if he asks "What's new?"
It isn't quite ready, it's almost 5:30
Scholars and flunkees
Faggots and junkies
Incinerator in a blood red sky
Kill the head and the body will die
I can't tell you that I'm happy
But I can tell you that my clothes are snappy
It's time to draw the line
Superman died tonight
Ate a pound of Kryptonite
Drank a quart of brotherly love
Fell straight from the sky above
And if there's a hell below
Kenneth Ray ain't gonna go
He lost his soul in the Korean War
I lost my concentration when he opened the door
It's time to draw the line
We had an apartment in the city
Me and Loretta liked living there
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown
A life of their own, left us alone
John and Linda live in Omaha
And Joe is somewhere on the road
We lost Davy in the Korean war
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore
You know that old trees just grow stronger
And old rivers grow wilder every day
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello"
Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more
She sits and stares through the back door screen
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy
We worked together at the factory
What could I say if he asks "What's new?"
Looks like Handsome Johnny with an M1 in his hand
Marching to the Korean war, hey, marching to the Korean war
Hey, it's a long hard road, it's a long hard road
It's a long hard road, hey, before we'll be free
Hey, before we'll be free
Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Vietnam?
We had an apartment in the city
Me and Loretta liked living there
It'd been years since the kids had grown
A life of their own
Left us alone
John and Linda live in Omaha
Joe is somewhere on the road
We lost Davey in the Korean War
And I still don't know what for
Don't matter anymore
[Chorus]
You know that old trees grow stronger
And old rivers grow wilder everyday
Old people, just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say Hello in There
Hello
Me and Loretta we don't talk much more
She sits and stares through the back door screen
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream
That we've both seen
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy
We worked together at the factory
But what could I say if he asks "what's new?"
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M1 in his hand,
Marching to the Korean war, hey marching to the Korean war.
Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Vietnam?
(Well as long as there's a truck I won't forget Korea and Operation X)
I won't forget the year of '54 I drove a truck in that Korean war
Haulin' G-I's to the front and back in a truck they called Duce and a half
The orders called it Operation X we had to move in just an hour or less
First echelon and maintenance that was all and there were twenty men I had to haul
That south Korean sky was smoky black I was third in convoy from the back
But twenty minutes out they hit the nail it was mortar they were sendin' in the mail
We'll scatter out and find a hole they said cause Operation X is catchin' lead
I wheeled into a side road to the left drivin' to an almost certain death
I heard the steady creepin' of the shells the burnin' powder sent a deadly smell
And it happened as I pulled into a stop they hit us and I blacked out from the shock
Somehow I got back to the States alive and now I got another rig to drive
My bumper sign says Operation X it's there cause I'm the only one that's left
Operation X it's there cause I'm the only one that's left
Yeah it's there cause I'm the only one that's left
Operation X it's there cause I'm the only one that's left
We had an apartment in the city
Me and Loretta liked living there
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown
A life of their own left us alone
John and Linda live in Omaha
And Joe is somewhere on the road
We lost Davy in the Korean War
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore
You know that old trees just grow stronger
And old rivers grow wilder every day
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello."
A country divided between the two powers
Line is drawn across the 38th parallel
Ousted the former Japanese rule
Two governments built
Modeled after their own views
The result soon turns becomes unstable
Two-pronged attack shows its true nature
Only one side would exist on this land
Both gearing up to wage a war
Capture the full command
A quick charge over the DMZ
UN forces answer at Inchon and Pusan
China joins the fight to assist the North
The Korean War, a bloody battlefield
Stalemate on the front
Fighting to gain close to nothing
It all goes on and on
But when does it end?
The kitty went tumbling down the well
Your sister yells from up the hill
She needs your help, she needs it now
A Boy Scout badge is needed now
Your uncle chain smokes cigarettes
Burning up his old regrets
He lost them in Korean War
Behind him country music roars
No tears, no fears
Mission impossible - you can’t afford to loose
No price, too dear
Get the young out of here
To run around the Earth….
Dilated
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, rock to this)
(Mm, yeah we gon' rock to this)
Dilated (yeah, yeah, yeah)
We'll give you something to rock to
I promise (dilated)
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Put out one of my eyes and I still got two (dilated)
Put out the second one and I can still see you
I affect your chemistry and macro molecules
Cells, and groups of cells called tissues
Organs, organ systems, organism
Population, communities, eco-systems
Forks in the road in the valley of decision
Prophets and charlatans both speak visions
So this descendant of African survivors
So-called Indian tribes and the Korean war-child
Birth name rocka peeps named me Iristyle
Or Iriscience possessor of the secret vile
A student on these L.A. blocks
Ever since I first saw the train and ran from ?
Dilated
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, rock to this)
(Mm, yeah we gon' rock to this)
Dilated (yeah, yeah, yeah)
We'll give you something to rock to
I promise (dilated)
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Put out one of my eyes and I still got two (dilated)
Put out the second one and I can still see you
I affect your chemistry and macro molecules
Cells, and groups of cells called tissues
Organs, organ systems, organism
Population, communities, eco-systems
Forks in the road in the valley of decision
Prophets and charlatans both speak visions
So this descendant of African survivors
So-called Indian tribes and the Korean war-child
Birth name rocka peeps named me Iristyle
Or Iriscience possessor of the secret vile
A student on these L.A. blocks
Ever since I first saw the train and ran from ?
There's a boy standing all alone in the park
Smoking cigarettes and listening to his headphones
I wonder if he'll still be there after dark
Smoking cigarettes and listening to his headphones
I think I saw him once at the record store
Dressed up in his army coat from the Korean War
Does he like it, smoking in the rain?
There's a boy out standing in the park all alone
Smoking cigarettes and listening to his headphones
He's dressed up like someone with somewhere to go
Smoking cigarettes and listening to his headphones
I think I saw him once singing in a band
He looked so confident with a mic in his hand
Does he like it, smoking in the rain?
Starry Starry night
우리는 한,강을 보며 beautiful
Starry Starry night
우리는 한,강을 보며 beautiful
별이 빈나는 한,강의 기적
별이 빈나는 한,강의 기적
After Korean War, We lost our happiness
But We never give up.
절망 속에서 일어선 한국,
이제는 world class. 모두가 놀라는 Miracle,
우리는 할 수 있어 Victory,
우리는 할 수 있어 Victory,
We are victorious
Yes We are victorious
이제는 한,강 위에 별비치 가득해
We can see everywhere, Love and Hope
The World is helping us.
Starry Starry night
우리는 한,강을 보며 beautiful
Starry Starry night
우리는 한,강을 보며 beautiful
별이 빈나는 한,강의 기적
별이 빈나는 한,강의 기적
After Korean War, We lost our happiness
But We never give up.
절망 속에서 일어선 한국,
이제는 world class. 모두가 놀라는 Miracle,
우리는 할 수 있어 Victory,
우리는 할 수 있어 Victory,
We are victorious
Yes We are victorious
이제는 한,강 위에 별비치 가득해
We can see everywhere, Love and Hope
The World is helping us.
Starry Starry night
우리는 한강을 보며 fetival,
Starry Starry night
우리는 한강을 보며 fetival,
별이 빈나는 한강의 기적
별이 빈나는 한강의 기적
After Korean War, We lost our happiness
But We never give up
폐허 속에서 일어선 한국,
이제는 world class. 모두가 놀라는 Miracle,
우리는 할 수 있어 Victory,
우리는 할 수 있어 Victory,
We are victorious
Yes We are victorious
이제는 한강 위에 별비치 가득해
We can see everywhere, Love and Hope
The World is helping us.
Eisenhower
34th to preside
His strategic skills helped him to be the nation's guide
The war ended, he wrote memoirs, headed a university
Then, with reluctance, he became the Prez in '53
He worked to contain Communism, corruption, and the debt
A highway system, establish NASA, and their budget
Dwight ended the Korean War with threats that nukes be sent
But got complaints for playing golf instead of government
'Ike' ended his two terms in '61, and in his speech
Warned of the Military-Industrial Complex overreach
Ike died in DC on March 28th, of '69
From his seventh heart attack, as his health was in decline
His legacy was always in an optimistic state
His face was on the dollar coin, '71 to '78
We had an apartment in the city
Me and Loretta liked living there
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown
A life of their own, left us alone
John and Linda live in Omaha
And Joe is somewhere on the road
We lost Davy in the Korean war
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore
You know that old trees just grow stronger
And old rivers grow wilder every day
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello"
Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more
She sits and stares through the back door screen
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy
We worked together at the factory
What could I say if he asks "What's new?"
There's no castle, when you die
They burn you in a casket
Throw your ashes to the sky
I think that kid, it that picture ain't her sister
I think she had her, when she was younger and she's ashamed
I ain't asked her, cause I ain't bothered
If a secret keeps her sane
You gotta risk it, for the biscuit
Or you'll end up, on your own
I ain't hungry now
But I will be, when I'm home
Granddad died in the Korean, war
Don't know what her grandma was locked up for
She showed up wasted, to a concert
Its ok, cause I'm her sponsor
Her hands weren't moving, a broken clock
A lost lamb, from the flock
You gotta risk it, for the biscuit
Or you'll end up, on your own
I ain't hungry now
But I will be, when I'm home
Grandpa fought for so much more
Took a mortar shell in the Korean War
Was always willing to pay the price
Now everywhere you look everything divides
Blue and Red, left and right
What are we doing here?
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