"I Was Never There" genre: Adult Contemporary
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	Of all the songs I've written and arranged, I consider this one my 'Hey Jude' so to speak. I'm very proud of the production quality of this track. The intense and powerful lyrics, written by Mike Kurutz, are about the first World War and the terrible endless bloodshed it produced. In a rare move, I brought in an additional musician, Clark Maciag, for some acoustic guitar overdubbs. This track includes a powerful musical battle scene between the second and third verses culminating in a haunting scream of death leading into the third verse.
	Lyrics I Was Never There (Rendezvous, 1914) (c)1985 Matt Traum/Mike Kurutz Lyrics by Mike Kurutz Music by Matt Traum The green hills of Flanders Are blown by the winds Gone are the bloodstains The guns and their sins They bleeded till dead Each side thought they'd win I Was Never There but I remember I Was Never There but I remember Right or wrong was no matter They all fell the same At the Somme and Ypres By the thousands they came Black boots and brass buckles The graves bear their names I Was Never There but I remember I Was Never There but I remember They've given you a shovel But no trench dig today Just dig out a place Where your body will lay It's coming again, son Just like that one August day I Was Never There but I remember I Was Never There but I remember I Was Never There but I remember Remember

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