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Semper Fi
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Singer/Songwriter
Semper Fi was released on April 5, 1991 by High Street Records as a part of the album Jack's Crows
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Release DateApril 5, 1991
LabelHigh Street Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM148

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Gorka
John Gorka
Vocals
Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin
Background Vocals
Lucy Kaplansky
Lucy Kaplansky
Background Vocals
David Wilcox
David Wilcox
Background Vocals
Lyle Workman
Lyle Workman
Electric Guitar
Michael Manring
Michael Manring
Bass
Darol Anger
Darol Anger
Violin
Todd Phillips
Todd Phillips
Bass
Brian MacLeod
Brian MacLeod
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Gorka
John Gorka
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Gorka
John Gorka
Producer
Dawn Atkinson
Dawn Atkinson
Producer

Lyrics

My father met Eleanor Roosevelt
In 1939
The war at last was over then
And they were still alive
Her husband was the president
Til he ran out of time
Her Fraklin D. was history
And they'd put him on the dime
My father joined the leaernecks
To stay out of the mines
The new marine was just fifteen
In 1939
There were medals and malaria
The South Pasific War
Through jungles that were paradise
And were paradise no more
Chorus
Soldiers fight and soldiers die
Soldiers live to wonder why
Semper fi, fe fo fum
Look out peacetime, here we come
Some of the men who did survive
Were not the lucky ones
War is only good for those
Who make and sell the guns
My father lay recovering
The hurt was all inside
Sometimes the wounds that never heal
Are easiest to hide
When Eleanor came bearing gifts
To San Francisco Bay
She gave my dad a blanket
In the hospital that day
That blanket meant a lot to him
My mother has it still
Some forget the kindnesses
That others never will
Chorus
Soldiers fight and soldiers die
Soldiers live to wonder why
Semper fi, fe fo fum
Look out peacetime, here we come
Written by: John Gorka
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