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[00:24.410]If it please the court I have a lot to say
[00:27.350]And it's not always been true
[00:29.370]Standing here before you, judge
[00:31.850]I make my pledge of truth to you
[00:35.170]
[00:36.540]The waves came over the bowsprit
[00:38.620]The decks awash with running green and foam
[00:42.270]Back there at the wheel I was terrified
[00:45.570]Next day we first saw home
[00:48.300]
[00:49.650]My relatives came over on the Mayflower
[00:52.620]Landed on the shore almost alone
[00:55.870]God damn traffic today is terrible
[00:58.070]And everywhere I look I see people alone
[01:01.149]
[01:03.210]Alone with their heads in their hands
[01:06.090]Lost in the conversation stare
[01:09.569]Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
[01:12.670]Talking like they were really there
[01:14.010]
[01:22.930]I'm lost in this new generation
[01:26.159]Left me behind it seems
[01:29.689]Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix
[01:32.870]"Purple Haze", sounding like TV
[01:34.050]
[01:36.730]I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
[01:40.290]Both asleep and dead it may seem
[01:43.550]He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
[01:47.370]I stood there staring in a dream
[01:49.860]
[01:50.769]She came along in her uniform
[01:53.709]Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
[01:57.209]Dressed in white like a nightingale
[02:00.280]Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land
[02:04.840](I knew I'd seen her somewhere)
[02:06.780]
[02:10.939]I knew I'd seen her somewhere
[02:13.750]But she was busy with him gone
[02:17.530]She came with three different brothers
[02:21.110]Abraham, Martin and John
[02:23.129]
[02:24.620]I heard a song about that once
[02:27.340]And I never knew what it meant
[02:31.099]Three stars guiding a plane one night
[02:34.699]Rock and Roll, the message was sent
[02:38.120]
[02:38.509]I couldn't wrap my head around it
[02:41.610]Didn't know what it meant
[02:45.120]Standing there on that sandy beach
[02:48.550]Watching it turn to cement
[02:49.729]
[02:52.099]Now I don't see all the colors
[02:55.220]And I might miss some of their beauty
[02:58.879]But I do see what I see
[03:02.319]And I want to do my duty
[03:05.849]
[03:06.449]And listing in the Navy in the corner store
[03:09.210]They had a recruiting booth
[03:12.590]I covered my heart and raised my hand
[03:16.050]And swore it was the truth
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[03:20.210]That's my pledge
[03:23.729]That's my pledge
[03:30.460]That's my pledge, judge
[03:39.039]That's my pledge