America’s Sons

I've been receiving a lot of posts lately concerning the Vietnam War. One particular post reminised about returning soldiers and the plane ride home. It got me to thinking about my own plane ride home or "Back to the World," as we liked to say. Presented here is my version of that journey in song "America's Sons" Jersey Boy Productions Written By: Kenneth Scillieri Sr. [Verse 1] In the fading light of that distant day, Young soldiers gathered, no words left to say, Sitting in the plane, wearing faded green, Underneath the weight of what they had seen. No parades to greet them, just silence and tears, Memories of brothers lost over the years. Still wearing the fear that haunts in their dreams, In a world of darkness, nothing’s as it seems. [Chorus] America’s sons, coming home from the fight, Carrying shadows that linger in the sorrow filled night, They gave their youth, they gave their all, But who hears the echoes of their silent call? [Verse 2] A brother beside me, staring out with a frown, Eyes cast away, lost, looking down, Another’s trying to smile, but the pain runs too deep, In this quiet cabin, some of them weep. The roar of the helicopters still rings in our ears, Where life and death danced, fueled by our fears, Medevac Huey’s had taken friends away, And the jungle still calls in the light of the day. [Chorus] America’s sons, coming home from the fight, Carrying shadows that linger in the sorrow filled night, They gave their youth, they gave their all, But who hears the echoes of their silent call? [Bridge] Field hospitals whispered of lives lost too young, Nurses working shifts with the battle still spun, Some gave their bodies, some gave their souls, The war left its mark, it took its toll. Old men, now carry those days in their hearts, Memories and pain still tear them apart, They reach for the brothers who never came home, In the quiet, they wander, forever to roam. [Chorus] America’s sons, coming home from the fight, Carrying shadows that linger in the sorrow filled night, They gave their youth, they gave their all, But who hears the echoes of their silent call? [Verse 3] Years have gone by, yet the memories still cling, Like the weight of the pain only sorrow can bring, These soldiers in silence, with eyes on the past, Haunted by echoes that forever will last. Some came back whole, but most carry scars, In the silence of nights beneath haunting stars, And for many it seems, the war never ends, It just waits in the shadows, where echoing bends. [Chorus] America’s sons, coming home from the fight, Carrying shadows that linger in the sorrow filled night, They gave their youth, they gave their all, But who hears the echoes of their silent call? [Ritardanto] In the depths of their souls, war forever lies, The stories, the battles, the tear-filled eyes, America’s sons, we remember their fight, Forever changed souls, broken hearts in the night.