[1975~2006]
Lyrics & Music by John W. Ashby
Album: Pieces of My Heart

"I wrote the first line ("I didn't have to come here but my country needed me")as a military rookie in 1975 flying over South-east Asia, (looked down at the jungle and was damn glad I was in the Air Force) picked it up again a couple years ago and finished. 20 years of military experience helped me to understand and appreciate what I was trying to say. Remembering how my mother and father reacted as I was enlisting in 1973 supplied the emotion behind the words.