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I set down searching my blood
I inherit the blue
blood
Noble stature and bearing
Commitment to others
It's my bloodline my inheritance
Stand for something
greater than me
In the scorching desert sun,
the
frozen Korean winters.
Watching for aircraft over the
coast
It's my bloodline my inheritance
Think not
who you kill but who you let live
In the air triple A
climbing, bombs dropping
On an island hilltop raising the
flag
Through the sugar palms of Cuba
It's my bloodline
my inheritance
Answering the call: "Rally All!"
Through the "Mud March" to Chancellorsville
to Receiving
the colors at Appomattox
My line was there my blood
spilled
It's my bloodline my inheritance
The
nation calls. We go!
South through to Mexico City
to
the Mississippi Delta and bayous.
Eight for Independence
fought.
It's my bloodline � it's my inheritance
Protecting those who lead a nations
Destroying lifestyles
of free nations
Colonizing land savage for cultivation
Fighting for God, Pope, and King
It's my bloodline my
inheritance
Back to the crusades and beyond
They
joined in battle, explored new lands
Shed their blood and
took some too
Sweat, pain, fears pushed through them
It's my bloodline � my inheritance. |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2008
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July 25, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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