Misc Your Songs - Alana brezenski - the cause

In^Am Lexington in ^C75 the redc^Goats moved to si^Ameze A c^Amache of farmers wea^Cpons their only g^Guard of li^Dberty At d^Amawn a trembling s^Coldier fired the s^Ghot heard round the w^Amorld Thi^Ams is the story my f^Cather told me si^Gnce I was a little ^Dgirl

We^D sing these s^Cadd9tories for the men who fo^Gught war in our na^Dmes Sh^Dould we ever forg^Cadd9et their sacrifice they'l^Gl all have died in v^Dain The^Dse men sought no ^Cadd9fortune nor to ga^Grner a heros fa^Dme Oppr^Dession and ty^Cadd9ranny were the b^Geasts they sought to t^Dame

The^Am war raged on for ^C8 long years many m^Gen lost their li^Amves Son^Ams, brothers and hus^Cbands who never made it h^Gome to see their wi^Dves The^Am sacrifice of bod^Cies a terror I nev^Ger had to s^Amee But ^AmI know their l^Cives were given so t^Goday we could live f^Dree

Se^Amlfless acts of co^Curage have always for^Gmed the soldiers cr^Ameed Th^Ame General walked the ba^Cttlefield among the ^Gmen that he would l^Dead Mer^Amchants, tradesmen and f^Carmers joined a comm^Gon cause to defe^Amnd Thr^Amough starvation and co^Cld of winter they fo^Gught until the e^Dnd

We^D sing these s^Cadd9tories for the men who fo^Gught war in our na^Dmes Sh^Dould we ever for^Cadd9get their sacrifice they'll^G all have died in v^Dain The^Dse men sought no ^Cadd9fortune nor to ga^Grner a heros fa^Dme Oppr^Dession and ty^Cadd9ranny were the b^Geasts they sought to t^Dame

Wh^Amen war ended their m^Cost difficult t^Gask they'd under^Amtake For^Am now ordinary cit^Cizen solders their ^Gown country must ma^Dke Our^Am awe-inspiring fou^Cnding, some try t^Goday to dimin^Amish Wit^Amh their appologies they ^Cseek, this co^Guntry to fini^Dsh Des^Ampite their compl^Caining this much I'm cer^Gtain when I s^Amay You^Am'll find no place on Ea^Crth with more Fre^Gedom than America has t^Doday