As Long As That Black Granite Stands
2013 · Not On Label · Woodstock, Georgia
- Artist
- Sid Orr
- Title
- As Long As That Black Granite Stands
- Release
- Vietnam: The Journey
- Year
- 2013
- Label
- Not On Label
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Woodstock, Georgia, USA
- Genre
- Country · Country · Folk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Sid Orr - he joined the marines in 1966 after high school, and served in the Vietnam War, with the Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMM-362) Ugly Angels at Phu Bai, Vietnam from 1969-1970. He currently lives in Woodstock, Georgia, USA. He is also in a group called The Tunnel Rats.1 He released this 2013 album of patriotic country songs about the Vietnam War. It included the song "As Long as That Black Granite Stands" about the memorial wall. This one took a religious perspective, focusing on a chaplain in combat in Vietnam, K.I.A.: "he grabbed his chest, his life flashed there in the water and the blood".Sources1tunnelratsmusic.com: The band↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Veterans Memorial Wall Songs
Sid Orr - he joined the marines in 1966 after high school, and served in the Vietnam War, with the Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMM-362) Ugly Angels at Phu Bai, Vietnam from 1969-1970. He currently lives in Woodstock, Georgia, USA. He is also in a group called The Tunnel Rats.1 He released this 2013 album of patriotic country songs about the Vietnam War. It included the song "As Long as That Black Granite Stands" about the memorial wall. This one took a religious perspective, focusing on a chaplain in combat in Vietnam, K.I.A.: "he grabbed his chest, his life flashed there in the water and the blood". Sources1tunnelratsmusic.com: The band↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Chaplain broke the bread and served the wine / Chaplain said my son you'll never die / Your sins are washed away / Your born from above / Born of the water and the blood / He served in the swamps of Vietnam / The platoon fought hard man to man / An AK crack, a bullet slash, he grabbed his chest / His life flashed there in the water and the blood / As long as that black granite stands / 58,000 names man to man / The word of the chaplain come alive / In our hearts our brothers never dies / We'll never let our brother's memories die / He wore a helmet and a dark green vest / To protect his head and the best part of his chest / The chaplain told his men that this won't even start to protect the wounded warriors heart... / Some day you think that war is behind you / Then that day will hit you one more time / As long as that long black granite stands...
Themes
Military · Soldier's Perspective · Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
From the release Vietnam: The Journey