Remember Me Lyrics - Phil Ochs

Remember me 

Oh, I am the unknown soldier who died in World War II 

I didn't want to fight, it was the only thing to do 

I was the victim of a world that went insane 

Will you show me that I didn't die in vain 

Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin' 

Remember me, when the racists come around 

Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin' 

Remember me and please don't let me down 

On the South Pacific Islands and the Iwo Jima sands 

We raised the flag of freedom over many distant lands 

And every time I killed a man my own heart felt the pain 

Will you show me that I didn't die in vain 

Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin' 

Remember me, when the racists come around 

Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin' 

Remember me and please don't let me down 

And I carried my old rifle to the European shore 

And every friend that died made me die a little more 

Have pity on the man who put a bullet through my brain 

And show me that I didn't die in vain 

Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin' 

Remember me, when the racists come around 

Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin' 

Remember me and please don't let me down 

When the fascists started marching many millions had to pay 

We saw them rise to power but we looked the other way 

It happened once before and it can happen once again 

Will you show me that I didn't die in vain 

Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin' 

Remember me, when the racists come around 

Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin' 

Remember me and please don't let me down