A MAN WITH A WOODEN LEG
HAD COFFEE WITH ME TODAY
I DECIDED TO WRITE DOWN
EVERY THING HE HAD TO SAY

HE SAID I KNEW YOUR DAD
HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE
WE VISITED OVER COFFEE
EACH MORNING ABOUT THIS TIME

WHERE OTHER FOLKS WERE NERVOUS
BECAUSE OF MY WOODEN LEG
YOUR DAD ENLIGHTENED THEM
AND ABOUT ME HE WOULD BRAG

HE SAID THIS MANS A HERO
AND WHAT I SAY TO YOU IS TRUE
HE WAS OVER  IN KOREA
WHEN HE ALMOST DIED FOR YOU

HE STEPPED ON A LAND MINE
AND HAD SHRAPNEL NEAR HIS HEART
HE ALSO LOST HIS LEG
BUT STILL HE DONE HIS PART

THEN HE GOT TO TALKING
ABOUT THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
   LONG AGO FORGOTTEN
NOT APPRECIATED ANY MORE

THE V. F . W . HALLS ALL STRUGGLE
SEVERAL HAVE CLOSED THEIR DOORS
EVEN THE U . S . GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE NO MORE

AS I LOOKED AT MY OLD FRIEND
I NOTICED TEARS ON HIS CHEEK
THESE WERE THE LAST WORDS
I HEARD MY OLD FRIEND SPEAK

I'D GIVE THE OTHER LEG MY FRIEND
TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY FREE
'' MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA ''
'' MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE ''