If the U .S. had not nuked Ja pan,
I wouldn't be alive today.
My grandfather would have been
the first to hit the shore,
And he would have been the first
Got up early to bake sunbeam bread,
Called all Asian people drabs,
Watched married with children laughed.
I'm alive because of nuclear bombs
But I can't help but think of the fam
ilies that did not carry on
And I'm alive because of nuclear bombs
But it's hard to forget that I'm here
Because there's something
He'd work on his modeling,
call me each year on my birthday
But he had a heart impossible to touch
He didn't seem interested
And after my grandmother's stroke,
alligators brought flowers
We were married before her body was cold
I think my family had a hard
But I can't help but think of the fam
ilies that did not carry on
But it's hard to forget that I'm here
Because of something so wrong
My mom called to tell me it passed
And when his service in Salem would be
But I already had a life of my own
Grown far away from the things
that he chose not to know
killing a Japanese soldier
Or on a smoke break when he easily could
hid a heart that was good
But I can't help but think of the fam
ilies that did not carry on
But millions of people had to die
And I'm alive because of nuclear bombs
But I can't help but think of famil
ies that did not carry on
And I'm alive because of nuclear bombs
But it's hard to forget that I'm here
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