The Band of Brothers: MP3s/Lyrics

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Note from Henry: My family was on vacation and my children were asking me questions about terrorism. I was trying to answer them as best I could. Later, I was walking along the beach thinking about it, and the line, 'Evil men will use bait to make people hate' came to me - and I just kept at the song in my head until it was done.

Well, my family and me - we spent some time by the sea

To relax by the waves and the sun.

And while my children played - my troubles all seemed to fade

With the passing of the first dolphin run.

As I bobbed in the waves, I heard sweet music playing,

I began to sing as I looked around

And I'll beg your endurance - It's a happy occurrence

When I think of something profound.

Well, the folks by the water with their sons and their daughters,

They all look so different from me.

And I considered the sea shells and the story that they tell

Of life diverse and in harmony.

Treat a stranger as brother and look out for each other

And soon you will have some friends you can keep

There ain't nothing here random - It's the way that God planned 'em

There's a lesson here for those who can see.

Evil men will use bait just to make people hate

But resist temptation, don't take that leap.

'Cause if you don't use your thinker boy, you'll drop like a sinker

To the bottom of the cold and the deep.

Now, we might feel unprotected, a bit disconnected

God will gather us together in time.

For it is now, it was then, He'll make us fishers of men

If we seek Him with our hearts and our minds.

Well, there isn't much more left of our time at the shore

But I'm sitting as content as can be.

For while some men go golfing, I'll be watching the dolphin

And my children as they play in the sea.

Yes, and the sound of the ocean can give you a notion

Of what peace eternal can be.

And I'll take sand by the handful, God has numbered each granule.

I know that He'll take good care of me.