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Composer: Don McLean

Don McLean - The Grave lyrics



The grave that they dug him had flowers
Gathered from the hillsides in bright summer colors
And the brown earth bleached white
At the edge of his gravestone
He's gone

When the wars of our nation did beckon
The man, barely twenty, did answer the calling
Proud of the trust
That he placed in our nation
He's gone

But eternity knows him
And it knows what we've done

And the rain fell like pearls
On the leaves of the flowers
Leaving brown, muddy clay
Where the earth had been dry

And deep in the trench
He waited for hours
As he held to his rifle
And prayed not to die

But the silence of night
Was shattered by fire
As the guns and grenades
Blasted sharp through the air

One after another
His comrades were slaughtered
In the morgue of marines
Alone, standing there

He crouched ever lower
Ever lower, with fear
"They can't let me die
They can't let me die here!

I'll cover myself
With the mud and the earth
I'll cover myself
I know I'm not brave!

The earth, the earth
The earth is my grave."

The grave that they dug him had flowers
Gathered from the hillsides in bright summer colors
And the brown earth bleached white
At the edge of his gravestone
He's gone
Songs list of album: American Pie (1971)
         Title Rating
01   American Pie lyrics  
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02   Till Tomorrow lyrics   -
03    Vincent (Starry Starry Night) lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Crossroads lyrics   -
05   Winterwood lyrics   -
06   Empty Chairs lyrics   -
07    Everybody Loves Me, Baby lyrics Add lyrics   -
08   Sister Fatima lyrics   -
09   The Grave lyrics   -
10   Babylon lyrics  
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