For Our Honored Dead

(Verse 1)
On a battle field, a few days before we celebrated our birth.
Brave men of opposing views fought.
The battle grew and lasted for days.
Men by the thousands from both sides
Met in death.


(Chorus)
LET THE WORLD NOT FORGET.  NOR LET THEIR DEATHS BE A REGRET.  This nation, so conceived in that liberty, shall endure.  That those that consecrated these hallowed grounds with their blood, would not have died in vain.
(Verse 2)
We were a nation born of an idea
That all men were created by God and equal
But powers subverted a long engrained trust. 
And brought brother against brother fighting for someone else's lusts.
(Chorus)
(Verse 3)
Lines came to lines, then from somewhere a shot.
Then soldiers fell in pools of blood.
The grounds are Gettysburg. A shameful fame. 
Were those soldiers lot.
For many died without knowing 
For what they fought. 
But they died just the same,
For what?  
(Chorus)
(Verse 4)
Now when the battle was done
And we buried the dead.
The Commander in Chief arrived to offer his words.
Now those words rang true and are remembered today.
But many have forgotten, so it's time we say this today.
(Chorus)

Full orchestra somber patriotic, full choir, baritone male vocal.