Everywhere

‽Dig in, boys, for an extended stay”

Those were the final orders to come down that day

Waiting to be saved in the Philippines

You'll wait forever for the young Marines

Now I believe to be here is right

But I have to say that I'm scared tonight

Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand

What comes first, the country or the man?

Look at those slanted eyes

Coming up over the hill

Catching us by surprise

It's time to kill or to be killed

Over here, over there

It's the same everywhere

A boy cries out for his mama

Before he dies for his home

All my life I wanted to be

As clever and strong as my best friend Lee

We grew up together along Half Moon Bay

Lee was Japanese, born in the USA

When Tommy was fighting Jerry along the River Seine

Me and Lee, we wanted to do the same

Then they bombed Pearl Harbor at the break of day

I was headed for these islands while Lee was hauled away

They said, ‽Look at his slanted eyes

He's guilty as guilty can be”

Sent here as enemy spies

To sabotage the Land of the Free

Over here, over there

It's the same everywhere

A boy cries out for his mama

Before he dies for his home

I never got home, my platoon was never saved

That little foxhole became my island grave

Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained

'Til he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain

And they said, ‽Oh, Little Slanted Eyes

Can't you forgive and forget?"

And he said, ‽Oh, Mr. Friendly Ghost

Can you catch water in a net?”

Over here, over there

It's the same everywhere

A boy cries out for his mama

Before he dies for his home

A boy cries out for his mama

Before he dies for his home