There's a star spangled banner, waving somewhere In a distant land, so many miles away Only Uncle Sam's great heroes get to go there Where I wished that I could also live someday I'd see Lincoln, Custer, Washington and Perry Nathan Hale and Colin Kelly too There's a star spangled banner, waving somewhere Waving o'er the land of heroes brave and true In this war with its mad schemes of destruction Of our country fair and our sweet liberty By the mad dictators, leaders of corruption Can't the U.S. use a mountain boy like me God gave me the right to be a free American And for that precious right, I'd gladly die There's a star spangled banner, waving somewhere That is where I want to live when I die Though I realize, I'm crippled, that is true, sir Please don't judge my courage by my twisted leg Let me show my Uncle Sam what I can do, sir Let me help to bring the Axis down a peg If I do some great deed, I will be a hero And a hero brave is what I want to be There's a star spangled banner, waving somewhere In that heaven there should be a place for me