soldierssong

	The Soldiers Song McGowan & McGowan (copyright 2003)
F I N N M A C C O O L L	Standing like hands at midnight Scared to be living in these troubled times What’s hurting me is not knowing what day With tears we control the pain that won’t go away I’m wondering if anyone’s listening We are the fire and you are the flame The reason I’m seeing it this way If you don’t believe then we face the blame Don’t forget about me when I’m out of site In the darkness you are the light Help me believe I’m doing alright I need you to welcome me home I’m lonely in need of a friend Will you be my angel cause this is hell Wondering if you really care about me See what I see, fear what I fear, believe what I believe I sit here night and day thinking about home about my family Don’ forget about me	F I N N M a c C O O L

	During the Gulf War in 1991, musician Peter McGowan wrote a song in support of the troops who were thousands of miles away from their families. He mailed hundreds of copies of “The Soldier’s Song” to military bases as gifts. “I wanted to write something that expressed the human emotions a young person must feel when they’re half way around the world and in enemy territory, he explained. McGowan, the driving force behind the critically-acclaimed Celtic rock band Finn MacCool, has revised “The Soldier’s Song” for 2003. “I felt it was especially important this time, when the country is so polarized about the war. I believe that no matter how you feel politically about the war, you still have to support the troops who are over there. Many of these soldiers are little more than kids, young people who were at their senior prom a year ago. They have to feel scared, they have to wonder how people feel about them.” For more information or to obtain a copy of the CD single, call 1-888-989-FINN.