If it please the court I would like to say That it has not always been true Standing here before you judge I make my pledge of truth to you The waves came over the bowsprit decks awash with running green and foam Back there at the wheel I was terrified Next day we first saw home My relatives came over on the Mayflower Landed on the shore almost alone That dammed traffic today is terrible And everywhere I look I see people alone Alone with their heads looking in there hands Lost in the conversation stare Walkin' with their eyes lookin' at the screen Talkin' like they were really there I'm lost in this new generation Left me behind it seems Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze sounding like TV I stepped on someone's hand lying on the street Both asleep and dead it may seem He didn't even move there on the sidewalk I stood there staring in a dream She came along in her uniform Stood moving me away with a gentle hand Dressed in white like a nightingale Her name was Florence, Florence of the land I knew I'd seen her somewhere But she was busy with him gone She came with three different brothers Abraham, Martin & John I heard a song about that once And I never knew what it meant Three stars died in a plane one night Rock 'n' roll the message was sent I couldn't wrap my head around it Didn't know what it meant Standing there on that sandy beach Watching it turn to cement Now I don't see all the colors And I might miss some of their beauty But I do see what I see And I want to do my duty Enlisted in the navy at the corner store They had a recruiting booth I covered my heart up and raised my hand And swore it was the truth That's my pledge That's my pledge That's my pledge judge That's my pledge