My Pledge

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IF IT PLEASE THE COURT, I'VE HAD A LOT TO SAY AND IT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN TRUE STANDIN HERE BEFORE YOU JUDGE I MAKE MY PLEDGE OF TRUTH TO YOU THE WAVES CAME OVER THE BOWSPRIT DECKS AWASH WITH RUNNIN GREEN AND FOAM BACK THERE AT THE WHEEL I WAS TERRIFIED NEXT DAY WE FIRST SAW HOME MY RELATIVES CAME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER LANDED ON THE SHORE ALMOST ALONE NO THAT DAMN TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE AND EVERWHERE I LOOK I SEE PEOPLE ALONE ALONE WITH THEIR HEADS LOOKIN IN THEIR HANDS LOST INBTHE CONVERSATION STARE WALKIN WITH THEIR EYES LOOKIN AT THE SCREEN TALKIN LIKE THEY WERE REALLY THERE I'M LOST IN THIS NEW GENERATION LEFT ME BEHIND IT SEEMS LISTENING TO THE SHADOW OF JIMMY HENDRIX PURPLE HAZE SOUNDIN LIKE TV I STEPPED ON SOMEONE'S HAND LYIN ON THE STREET BOTH ASLEEP AND DEAD IT MAY SEEM HE DIDNT EVEN MOVE THERE ON THE SIDEWALK I STOOD THERE, STARIN IN A DREAM SHE CAME ALONG IN HER UNIFORM STOOD MOVIN' ME AWAY WITH A GENTLE HAND DRESSED IN WHITE LIKE A NIGHTINGALE HER NAME WWAS FLORENCE OF THE LAND I KNEW I'D SEEN HER SOMEWHERE UT SHE WAS BUSY WITH HIM GONE SHE CAME WITH THREEDIFFERENT BROTHERS ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN I HEARD A SONG ABOUT THE ONCE AND NEVER NEW WHAT IT MEANT THREE STARS DIED IN A PLANE ONE NIGHT ROCK AND ROLL THE MESSAGE THAT WAS SENT I COULDN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT DIDNT KNOW WHAT IT MEANT STANDING THERE ON THAT SANDY BEACH WATCHING IT TURN TO CEMENT NOW I DON'T SEE ALL THE COLORS AND I MIGHT MISS SOME OF THEIR BEAUTY BUT I SEE WHAT I SEE AND I WANT TO DO MY DUTY ENLISTED IN THE NAVY AT THE CORNER STORE THE HAD A RECRUITING BOOTH I COVERED MY HEART AND RAISED MY HAND AND SWORE IT WAS THE TRUTH THATS MY PLEDGE. THATS MY PLEDGE.