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Have You Thought About A Veteran Today?
Have you thought about a veteran today?
About the price he had to pay.
Leaving his family to go to war,
And seeing everything he saw.
He didn't want to kill, maim or hurt,
He was protecting Australia, his home dirt
Then one day they were ambushed and broken,
If they survived they deserved a token.
Have you thought about a veteran today?
About the price he had to pay.
To fight so hard then be taken, was not his choice,
He had to battle through so once again he could hear his daughter's voice.
The Jap's forced them through the bush so rugged,
Some just collapsed they were so buggered.
A pleasure it was having real food like meat,
Many died from malnourishment, nothing to eat.
Have you thought about a veteran today?
About the price he had to pay.
Crack went the whip, the tenth time that day,
He tried to escape and now he had to pay.
From Ban Pong, and Thanbyuzayat to camp Hintok,
The diggers hero was the doc
They were forced to build that railway track,
They had pain from their toes right up through their backs.
Have you thought about a veteran today?
Thought about the price he had to pay.
They worked from dusk to dawn, day in day out,
Even with the lack of sleep they dared not pout.
Forced to work in the tropical rain
They had to endure unbearable pain
He wanted to die; he no longer feared hell,
For he has been there, his soul they did sell.
His mates kept him going, no skin on his feet
The Aussie spirit was one, hard to defeat.
Over three years passed and finally somebody came,
It had seemed an eternity, no one person to blame.
So have you thought about a veteran today?
And thought about the price he had to pay.
All these memories racing through his mind,
Never a thankyou, no one being kind.
Even if you have never done it before
Please spare a thought for our ex Prisoners Of War
If you see a veteran today,
Stop and say thank you for the price he did pay.
And as sure as I am that the sky is blue,
I can assure you, he will stop and smile back at you.
Nikki Reggett 2005
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