We Pray We Will Survive
The darkness was shattered
With the glow of cigarettes
As we all hunkered down
Each other a silhouette
Six hours from now
We’d be floating to earth
As the Allies war in Europe
Would start its historic birth
All of the gear now readied
Everyone with their thoughts
Rather we won or lost
To be determined how we fought
Sainte-Mere-Eglise
Was our destined site
Behind enemy lines
And in the dark of night
Hold the French town
No surrender, no retreat
With muscle and firepower
We carried with our feet
The drop zone ahead
It’s now or never men
How we fight for this town
Determines what army wins
All boots on the ground
Rather dead or alive
We came here to conquer
We pray we’ll survive
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