My Pledge
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Intro :
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If it pleGase the court I've had a loFt to say
And it's noCt always been trueG
StaGnding here before you juFdge
I make myC pledge of truth to yoGu
The waGves came over the boFwsprit
The decks awaCsh with running green and foGam
BaGck there at the wheel I was teFrrified
Next daCy we first saw homeG
My reGlatives came over on the MaFyflower
LaCnded on the shore almost Galone
NoG that damn traffic todaFy is terrible
And everywheCre I look I see people aloGne
AloGne with their heads looking Fin their hands
LoCst in the conversation stGare
WaGlking with their eyes looking aFt the screen
Talking Clike they were really thereG
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I'm loGst in this new generationF
Left me behiCnd it seemsG
LiGstening to the shadow of Jimi HeFndrix
"Purple HaCze" sounding like TVG
I steGpped on someone's hand laFying on the street
BoCth asleep and dead it maGy seem
He diGdn't even move there on the siFdewalk
I stoCod there staring in a dreamG
She caGme along in her unifoFrm
Stood moCving me away with a gentle haGnd
DreGssed in white like a nightingaFle
Her name was FloCrence Florence of the LaGnd
(I kneGw I'd seen her soFmewhere) C G
I kneGw I'd seen her somewhereF
But she was buCsy with him goneG
She caGme with three different brothersF
ACbraham Martin and JohnG
I heGard a song about that onceF
And I never knew whaCt it meantG
Three staGrs died in a plane one niFght
Rock and RoCll the message that was sentG
I coGuldn't wrap my head around iFt
Didn't know what it meCant G
StaGnding there on that sandyF beach
WaCtching it turn to cementG
NoGw I don't see all the coFlors
And I might miCss some of their beautyG
But I doG see what I see F
And I waCnt to do my dutyG
EnliGsted in the Navy at the coFrner store
They haCd a recruiting boothG
I coGvered my heart and raFised my hand
And swoCre it was the truthG
GThat's my pledgeF C G
That's my pleGdgeF
CThat's my pledge judgeG
GThatF's my pledge
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