The Great Goodnight

Robert Berry

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Good night With your shirt wet with blood And your forehead cool You thank the lord for this great good night I was only four and I still don't remember you I have seen your pictures my whole life In this great good night On this day in May, 1966 For my brother My brother My brother My brother My brother My brother My brother I was only four, that's right, so I don't remember you I have seen your pictures my whole life Brother, yeah, brother, in this great good night A black frame still protects those two letters from the president And they start out On this day in May, 1966 For wounds received in action Still hanging here after all of this time Right next to your purple heart In this great good night I do have this one hazy memory I think you had me upon your shoulders Laying on top of the world For a moment that couldn't last, it never does And I love this black and white of you Playing harmonica like a giant Like a giant in our old house Sitting on that green sofa You were only nineteen But to this kid you were probably more like forty-three Now I'm damn near that myself, holy shit Judge me now, I know everyone in the photograph Long before the memorial rose, looking so much different than today I haven't touched that stone of names, but have I traced Seen my voice on this day in May, 1966 The wounds we see in action still hanging here After all of this time, right next to your proud heart In this grave tonight For some unknown reason, we never discussed it much Growing up, growing up We never discussed it much growing up I pieced together the whole story out of that old trunk Left in the attic, memories You'd been gone only six weeks When the army brass came to the door To break the news, breaking the news They broke the news to mom She took it worse than anyone She really believed she'd make it back home You didn't have to go home A trapped pistol fire, mom, you could've walked away But instead you had your final day in Vietnam You could've walked away, but instead You had your final day in Vietnam You could've walked away, but instead You had your final day in Vietnam When they broke the news to mom, all I can say She took it worse than anyone She really believed she'd make it back home You didn't have to go home, Vietnam You didn't have to go, VietnamHere is what they said The Claymore went off And you went down And you would have been okay Yeah, you would have been alright But they could not get to you The VC were everywhere So the orders came So the orders came All right, hey, hey We can't pull Jack out We can't, we can't pull Jack out For him it's getting late Five hundred men won't see tomorrow If we don't climb away We can't pull Jack out We can't pull Jack out We can't pull Jack out In this breaking of night We can't pull Jack out We can't pull Jack out We can't pull Jack out In this breaking of night You knew exactly what was happening And why nobody came to you You, you were a good soldier Keeping still, holding out As long as 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Making me feel good, making me feel good Making me feel good, making me feel good Making me feel good, making me feel good On this day in May 1966 Four wounds received in action Still hanging here after all of this time Right next to your Purple Heart In this great big night, oh Oh, brother, let me tell you It's what I know, ooh And maybe one day we will be in the same place Until we meet again, brother I'll choose this memory We'll keep remembering What you did in this great big night In that great big night La-da-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee La-da-dee-da-dee-dee-dee La-da-dee, la-da-dee, la-da-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee La-da-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee La-da-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee, la-da-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee La-da-dee-da-dee-dee-dee La-da-dee, la-da-dee, la-da-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee You couldn't hear the medic yelling in your ear While you dreamed of this kid back at home Saying, "Pick me up so we can play" Brother, let me tell you I remember, and I think you made it In that great big night In fact, it's the only thing I remember From that great big night Oh, brother, let me tell you It's what I know, ooh And maybe one day we will stand together Until we meet again I'll choose this memory And thank you guys for what you did And what you tried to do In this great big night (Night) In this great big night In this great big night In this great big night In this great big night (Night) In this great big night Okay, let's take it home On this day in May Cold wounds received in action And now I see you, my brother This is for you And someday you will see That this song was for you, my brother Now that Dad has joined you I'm sure that he would agree Got a son on my shoulder And lots of work to do Brother, brother Like was done with me