Lyrics | Dire Straits lyrics – Brothers In Arms lyrics
At what point do we get tired of burying our dead and having to prop up our mangled and wounded?
When do we stop all the chest thumping and mission accomplished bravado while hiding our tears?
How many thousands have come home with life altering injuries, never to be whole again?
Half of those men and women would have died even 40 years ago. Modern medicine has kept them alive and has chased off the grim reaper.
If we can land a man on the moon, we can find other ways to resolve conflict rather than blowing each other to kingdom come as we have done since the beginning of time.
To all our veterans, we are glad you are here. Thank you for your service–
I am a proud daughter and niece of veterans. My father and uncle came home in one piece. Not everyone did. I was one of the lucky ones.
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Alternate version of Brothers in Arms featuring Mark Knopfler, one of my favorite artists. Knopfler, from Dire Straits, is one of the gods of guitar, like Clapton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb_Jzgnrpv8&feature=related
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Zilch comments Veterans Day reflections.
Football is Numero Uno in the land. / Close – groping of women!
well, in fairness, those threads were up yesterday. Perhaps everyone was off doing other things today. But then on the other hand…..I sort of agree with you.
Perhaps they were.
we sang “Where have all the Soldiers gone, long time passing…where have all the soldiers gone, a long, long time ago. Where have all the Soldiers gone…gone to graveyards everyone…when will we ever learn? when we will ever learn?”
Pete Seeger wrote that in 1961…50 years later…well, ’nuff said.
Thanks for that reminder, Ray. It certainly is not something that we should forget.
I am sitting here thinking how great it is that we can acknowledge this horrible part of our wars without being called hippies or made fun of. Perhaps we have matured as a nation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2SIIeqy34
We need to keep reminding ourselves so we do learn.