Does the Lord need a soldiernwith boots upon the groundnstanding firm behind his gunnwhen duty makes not a soundnfigthing for his buddies nand for his hatred of warnso others can lay their heads downnand dream forever morennGino won't you say the pledge of allegiancenwon't you lead us one more timenmay your hand be steady and your heart still strongnand may your strength be minenmay your strength be minennDoes the Lord need a soldiernfrom a boy into a mannand back again accordingnto someone else's planndoes blood spilled on battlefieldsnon European soilncause faith to press back inwardnlike a rifle shot's recoilnnGino won't you say the pledge of allegiancenwon't you lead us one more timenmay your hand be steady and your heart still strongnand may your strength be minenmay your strength be minennWe know the answer to that questionnin Gino Merli's eyesnfrom small town Pennsylvanianwhere it's still a sin to tell a lienwhen Hitler said who'll stop me?nGino said.....it may be truenI may only be a miner's son butnI'll take on the likes of younnGino won't you say the pledge of allegiancenwon't you lead us one more timenmay your hand be steady and your heart still strongnand may your strength be minennThe greatest generationnthey've been subsequently callednnow blowing away like dry leavesnat the bitter end of fallnwith a chestfull of medalsnhe came home to praynwhen the Lord needed a soldiernGino Merli led the waynnGino won't you say the pledge of allegiancenwon't you lead us one more timenmay your hand be steady and your heart still strongnand may your strength be minennWe know the answer to that questionnin Gino Merli's eyesnfrom small town Pennsylvanianwhere it's still a sin to tell a lienwhen Hitler said who'll stop me?nGino said.....it may be truenI may only be a miner's son butnI'll take on the likes of younnGino won't you say the pledge of allegiancenwon't you lead us one more timenmay your hand be steady and your heart still strongnand may your strength be mine