My Pledge
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๐ Lyrics
If it please the court I've had a lot to say
And it's not always been true
Standing here before you, judge
I make my pledge of truth to you
The waves came over the bowsprit
The decks awash with running green and foam
Back there at the wheel I was terrified
Next day we first saw home
My relatives came over on the Mayflower
Landed on the shore almost alone
God damn traffic today is terrible
And everywhere I look I see people alone
Alone with their heads looking in their hands
Lost in the conversation stare
Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
Talking like they were really there
I'm lost in this new generation
Left me behind it seems
Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix
"Purple Haze", sounding like TV
I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
Both asleep and dead it may seem
He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
I stood there staring in a dream
She came along in her uniform
Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
Dressed in white like a nightingale
Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land
(I knew I'd seen her somewhere)
I knew I'd seen her somewhere
But she was busy with him gone
She came with three different brothers
Abraham, Martin and John
I heard a song about that once
And I never knew what it meant
Three stars died in a plane one night
Rock and Roll, the message that was sent
I couldn't wrap my head around it
Didn't know what it meant
Standing there on that sandy beach
Watching it turn to cement
Now I don't see all the colors
And I might miss some of their beauty
But I do see what I see
And I want to do my duty
Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store
They had a recruiting booth
I covered my heart and raised my hand
And swore it was the truth
That's my pledge
That's my pledge
That's my pledge, judge
That's my pledge
And it's not always been true
Standing here before you, judge
I make my pledge of truth to you
The waves came over the bowsprit
The decks awash with running green and foam
Back there at the wheel I was terrified
Next day we first saw home
My relatives came over on the Mayflower
Landed on the shore almost alone
God damn traffic today is terrible
And everywhere I look I see people alone
Alone with their heads looking in their hands
Lost in the conversation stare
Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
Talking like they were really there
I'm lost in this new generation
Left me behind it seems
Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix
"Purple Haze", sounding like TV
I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
Both asleep and dead it may seem
He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
I stood there staring in a dream
She came along in her uniform
Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
Dressed in white like a nightingale
Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land
(I knew I'd seen her somewhere)
I knew I'd seen her somewhere
But she was busy with him gone
She came with three different brothers
Abraham, Martin and John
I heard a song about that once
And I never knew what it meant
Three stars died in a plane one night
Rock and Roll, the message that was sent
I couldn't wrap my head around it
Didn't know what it meant
Standing there on that sandy beach
Watching it turn to cement
Now I don't see all the colors
And I might miss some of their beauty
But I do see what I see
And I want to do my duty
Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store
They had a recruiting booth
I covered my heart and raised my hand
And swore it was the truth
That's my pledge
That's my pledge
That's my pledge, judge
That's my pledge
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:20.93] If it please the court I've had a lot to say
[00:24.88] And it's not always been true
[00:28.81] Standing here before you, judge
[00:31.22] I make my pledge of truth to you
[00:35.00] The waves came over the bowsprit
[00:38.17] The decks awash with running green and foam
[00:42.42] Back there at the wheel I was terrified
[00:45.52] Next day we first saw home
[00:49.01] My relatives came over on the Mayflower
[00:52.34] Landed on the shore almost alone
[00:55.14] God damn traffic today is terrible
[00:58.87] And everywhere I look I see people alone
[01:02.55] Alone with their heads looking in their hands
[01:05.81] Lost in the conversation stare
[01:08.81] Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
[01:12.11] Talking like they were really there
[01:22.43] I'm lost in this new generation
[01:25.28] Left me behind it seems
[01:29.44] Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix
[01:32.45] "Purple Haze", sounding like TV
[01:36.31] I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
[01:40.19] Both asleep and dead it may seem
[01:43.11] He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
[01:46.11] I stood there staring in a dream
[01:50.26] She came along in her uniform
[01:53.11] Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
[01:56.81] Dressed in white like a nightingale
[01:59.45] Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land
[02:03.94] (I knew I'd seen her somewhere)
[02:10.83] I knew I'd seen her somewhere
[02:13.11] But she was busy with him gone
[02:17.11] She came with three different brothers
[02:20.26] Abraham, Martin and John
[02:23.82] I heard a song about that once
[02:27.13] And I never knew what it meant
[02:30.10] Three stars died in a plane one night
[02:34.19] Rock and Roll, the message that was sent
[02:38.21] I couldn't wrap my head around it
[02:41.16] Didn't know what it meant
[02:44.66] Standing there on that sandy beach
[02:48.52] Watching it turn to cement
[02:52.05] Now I don't see all the colors
[02:55.15] And I might miss some of their beauty
[02:58.70] But I do see what I see
[03:02.14] And I want to do my duty
[03:05.70] Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store
[03:08.92] They had a recruiting booth
[03:12.47] I covered my heart and raised my hand
[03:16.06] And swore it was the truth
[03:20.09] That's my pledge
[03:25.79] That's my pledge
[03:30.34] That's my pledge, judge
[03:38.17] That's my pledge
[00:24.88] And it's not always been true
[00:28.81] Standing here before you, judge
[00:31.22] I make my pledge of truth to you
[00:35.00] The waves came over the bowsprit
[00:38.17] The decks awash with running green and foam
[00:42.42] Back there at the wheel I was terrified
[00:45.52] Next day we first saw home
[00:49.01] My relatives came over on the Mayflower
[00:52.34] Landed on the shore almost alone
[00:55.14] God damn traffic today is terrible
[00:58.87] And everywhere I look I see people alone
[01:02.55] Alone with their heads looking in their hands
[01:05.81] Lost in the conversation stare
[01:08.81] Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
[01:12.11] Talking like they were really there
[01:22.43] I'm lost in this new generation
[01:25.28] Left me behind it seems
[01:29.44] Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix
[01:32.45] "Purple Haze", sounding like TV
[01:36.31] I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
[01:40.19] Both asleep and dead it may seem
[01:43.11] He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
[01:46.11] I stood there staring in a dream
[01:50.26] She came along in her uniform
[01:53.11] Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
[01:56.81] Dressed in white like a nightingale
[01:59.45] Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land
[02:03.94] (I knew I'd seen her somewhere)
[02:10.83] I knew I'd seen her somewhere
[02:13.11] But she was busy with him gone
[02:17.11] She came with three different brothers
[02:20.26] Abraham, Martin and John
[02:23.82] I heard a song about that once
[02:27.13] And I never knew what it meant
[02:30.10] Three stars died in a plane one night
[02:34.19] Rock and Roll, the message that was sent
[02:38.21] I couldn't wrap my head around it
[02:41.16] Didn't know what it meant
[02:44.66] Standing there on that sandy beach
[02:48.52] Watching it turn to cement
[02:52.05] Now I don't see all the colors
[02:55.15] And I might miss some of their beauty
[02:58.70] But I do see what I see
[03:02.14] And I want to do my duty
[03:05.70] Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store
[03:08.92] They had a recruiting booth
[03:12.47] I covered my heart and raised my hand
[03:16.06] And swore it was the truth
[03:20.09] That's my pledge
[03:25.79] That's my pledge
[03:30.34] That's my pledge, judge
[03:38.17] That's my pledge