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Last Day of Liberty

from Think with Courage by Kent Scheffler

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This track is in honor of the veterans of the USS Liberty. Explore Youtube for videos and interviews related to the 1967 attack on the US Liberty.

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Last Day of Liberty copyright Kent Scheffler 2014

You say… Doomsday…
looks like any other day.
Birds of prey, unmarked gray,
first pass… the pilots wave.
Bank and turn, after-burn,
machine guns and bodies churn.
Tumbling bombs, what’s goin’ on?
Welcome to your own napalm.
Liberty… how can this be?
Liberty… we have forsaken thee.

Got your last letter, darling;
wish you were here.
The Mediterranean Sea is indigo blue,
someday I’ll take you… here.

The world explodes, torpedoes…
blue black waters fill the hole.
Friends fell into burning hell;
dead men… tell no tale.
Acrid smoke, did it burn your throat
when you machine-gunned the life boats?
Rescue stalled, planes recalled,
LBJ would have killed them all.
Liberty… how can this be?
Liberty… we have forsaken thee.
A simple ruse, they think they choose:
they get their choice of how to lose.
Two thousand leagues across the sea,
who raped Lady Liberty?

credits

from Think with Courage, released April 29, 2017
Kent Scheffler – main vocals, acoustic guitar
Jimmy George – electric guitar, bass, background vocals,
Matt Moore – alto, tenor and baritone sax & horn arrangements
Dustin Bozarth – keys & accordion
Nick Chambers – drums

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