Nowhere To Land

Nowhere to Land

I'm sittin' on the back of the Hornet

Staring at the amber sun

Thinking about my family in Boston

And the mission to be done

Four months ago they hit Pearl Harbor

In the tranquil Hawaiian blue

I wonder if those pilots felt this empty

Knowing what they had to do

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Every day we live our lives

And figure out our plans

We remember the lessons from our past

You can’t always count

On there being a tomorrow

Especially when you have nowhere to land

There was no destination to prepare for

Jimmy Doolittle would lead our pack

We knew that once these birds were airborne

There would be no turning back.

We skimmed across the endless ocean

With destruction in our wake

Not a single word was spoken

As we flew to meet our fate

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I'm sittin on the back of the Hornet

Looking out at San Francisco Bay

70 years have passed by

Since the Raiders had their day

We had our final reunion

Only four of us remain

Soon I will see my brothers

Then we will fly again

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