We Are The Ones
03/09/11 - for Frank Buckles (02/01/01 to 02/27/11)
The Last U.S. Veteran of WWI

The war ended in 1918
But no soldier was paid for his deeds
So we marched for what we were due
In July of 1932

Now we’re building a line
From Boston to Key West and beyond
We’re the ones

But Franklin would never give in
So he sent MacArthur, Eisenhower and Patton
To march down on Washington DC
And kill their own men down there in the streets

So we’re building a line
From Boston to Key West and beyond
We’re the ones

Yet Eleanor would not remain
She sided with the slain veterans
So Flagler worked us in the C.C.C.
And sent us down to the Florida Keys

Where we’re building a line
From Boston to Key West and beyond
We’re the ones

Then came the hurricane of 1935
The third strongest ever measured alive
And Flagler was rescued in time
But they left hundreds of us there to die

Cause we’re building a line
From Boston to Key West and beyond
We’re the ones

Now you’ve earned your pay when you’re through
But the boss man still makes the rules
And you’ll never see one single dime
Til the boss man tells you that it’s time

verse:
23.52 - 23.42 - 42.53 - 25.45.53
28.49.57 - 27.47.55 - 25.45.53
(all 2x)

chorus:
G+10 - 25.45.53
35.44.55 - 33.42.53
G+10 - 25.45.53 - D

inter:
1 verse sequence (no vocals)
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