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Verse 1: Just before the break of dawn the sailors start to pray
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For a ship or death to come relieve their pain some way
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Thirst and hunger, suffering, shivering with fear
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Grieving for their lifeless friends and feeling end is near
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Verse 2: Most of them were only boys but did their mission well
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Helped turn Nagasaki to a living hell
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Leaving Guam their ship was hit, and sank quickly down
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Leaving most of them to be killed by sharks or drown
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Verse 3: As the sun begins to rise I glimpse them on the sea
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Sunburned faces waiting for someone to set them free
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I can hear their cries of rage, desperately they call
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Agony beyond belief to bring freedom for all