I Remember (it's Happening Again) Lyrics - Singles - Griffin House

Well, my grandpa fought in World War 2, my uncle fought in Nam 

My father was too young, he went to school and met my mom 

And her dad always told us stories around dinner time 

And theres one he told when I was young that sticks out in my mind 

He said, 10 years after daddy taught me about the birds and bees 

I was stranded in Pearl Harbor fighting off the Japanese 

When the kamikaze pilots came and dove in without warning 

I was on the Arizona on a warm December morning 

I remember when I was a younger man 

We were solders fighting in a foreign land 

Now Im older and its happening again 

It was hard to have forgiveness for the things they did that day 

And our president decided we should make their people pay 

So we dropped on Nagasaki and we cut them down to size 

And the one we dropped on Hiroshima left them vaporized 

And I heard some Christians say 

What would Jesus do? 

What if you were on the wrong side 

Would he point the gun at you? 

And they read through every word of Matthew, Mark and Luke and John 

So they could see if killing was the side that Christ was on 

I remember when I was a younger man 

We were solders fighting in a foreign land 

Now Im older and its happening again 

And they separate the church and state and keep God out of schools 

So our governments can educate based upon their rules 

But people start to wonder if our politics make sense 

When religion is our best excuse for national defense 

And when our citizens start saying that our wars are not okay 

And Washington keeps telling them, God loves the USA 

And they teach us history so we can learn from our mistakes 

And this generation wants to know how many years it takes 

To change the way we treat our neighbors all across the land 

Cause if we dont change our hearts, we repeat the past again 

I remember when I was a younger man 

We were soldiers fighting in a foreign land 

Now we're older and its happening again 

When my grandpa finished talking, we went walking he and I 

I was thinking of the future and how scared I was to die 

Now my best friends overseas in the desert where its dry 

Fighting for our country and I need a reason why 

I remember when he was a younger man 

Now hes a soldier fighting in a foreign land 

Now were older, God bring him home again