Lament Of A Guardsman by Amergin (Tune: Long Black Veil) Amergin's Comments: Just wrote this a few minutes ago. P.S. I wasn't there either, was only born 4 years later. But that doesn't stop me from feeling the pain, the anger, the sorrow for those that were shot down and for those that did the shooting. Let us not forget. Blessed be. My tribute to Kent State: Thirty years ago on the Fourth of May Four students died that warm spring day The people who ran they all agreed The man with the gun looked a lot like me Now I walk these halls water in my eyes I still hear out night all the mournful cries Nobody sees all the dropping tears Nobody wants to hear The protest was hot, and tensions were high When a shot rang out, I saw the first one die I said not a word, but fired into the crowd The stains on my hands, echo oh so loud We were a-firing, and tossing the tear gas bombs While they went running across the common lawns And when the smoke had cleared, it was painful to hear The cries of the dying and the wounded so near I was just a boy and little did I know That on that fateful spring day, I lost my soul Still I walk these halls, water in my eyes I still hear at night all the mournful cries Nobody sees all the dropping tears Nobody wants to hear
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