Alabaster Wall

 Here in this place

The wind is mute

The only sound

A twenty-one gun salute

A lone piper

Brings a tear to my eye

The mournful notes

Of Taps floats by

{bridge}

*

Shoulder to shoulder

They stand tall

Together they form

An alabaster wall

*

I look at the man

Closest to me

He took up his post

In seventy-three

Answered the call

Of his Uncle Sam

Earned his place

Here in Viet Nam

{bridge}

*

Shoulder to shoulder

They stand tall

Together they form

An alabaster wall

*

Hey mom,

What about this one

I see another

Mother’s son

First Lieutenant

Malcolm Keach

Came here

By way of Normandy Beach

{bridge}

*

Shoulder to shoulder

They stand tall

Together they form

An alabaster wall

*

At attention forever

They will be

Reward for defending

You and me

They were willing

To make the sacrifice

"Thank you" the asking

Payment price

{bridge}

*

Shoulder to shoulder

They stand tall

Together they form

An alabaster wall

*

{repeat and fade}

Alabaster Wall

 Here in this place

The wind is mute

The only sound

A twenty-one gun salute

A lone piper

Brings a tear to my eye

The mournful notes

Of Taps floats by

{bridge}

*

Shoulder to shoulder

They stand tall

Together they form

An alabaster wall

*

I look at the man

Closest to me

He took up his post

In seventy-three

Answered the call

Of his Uncle Sam

Earned his place

Here in Viet Nam

{bridge}

*

Shoulder to shoulder

They stand tall

Together they form

An alabaster wall

*

Hey mom,

What about this one

I see another

Mother’s son

First Lieutenant

Malcolm Keach

Came here

By way of Normandy Beach

{bridge}

*

Shoulder to shoulder

They stand tall

Together they form

An alabaster wall

*

At attention forever

They will be

Reward for defending

You and me

They were willing

To make the sacrifice

"Thank you" the asking

Payment price

{bridge}

*

Shoulder to shoulder

They stand tall

Together they form

An alabaster wall

*

{repeat and fade}