que son valley when we looked like kids...

 The tattoo's don't shine as bright

as they did under the moons light

back when we looked like kids

when in our eyes death hid .

Death then ruled our days

in all it's thousands of ways

back when we looked like kids

when in our eyes death hid .

Kids with hearts of stone

now men who wish to be let alone

from all they saw and did

when in their eyes death hid

back when they looked like kids .

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Bless this meal we are about to receive

He came home that day, home from the war

30 pounds lighter ,tired , and sore

the first night back he crawled into bed

10 beers later he lay down his head

woke up when the furnace kicked on

sounded like rocket , maybe an F4

blinked his eyes , rubbed his head

almost peed the bed

shook a little , laughed a bit

thought to himself ... I had my first fit

50 years later there he sits

just another of the old Vet's

family gathered , who gets to say

Happy Thanksgiving

the Lord be praised .