I said "Thank you God for keeping it on a foreign shore"

God was beside me in every firefight

Helping me get through 'till dawns early light

God was with me in the rain

Helping me through the suffering and pain

God was with John when he lost his arm

Bringing him comfort in his time of harm

God was with Jim when he lost his leg

I shall teach you to walk with a wooden peg

God was with Scott when he lost his sight

I'll help you remember the day from the night

God was with Harry when he lost his hearing

I'll stay beside you to help keep your bearing

God was beside me when Joe drowned in the river

Forever and always it will make me quiver

God was with me the day Jerry died

He's on his way to Heaven, He would not lie

God has been with me through years of mental distress

He told me not to worry for in the end Heaven will bless

God was with me when I came home

And he helped me through all of the storms

God was there in the good times and bad

No better a friend one could ever have had

"God," I asked, "Why so many wars?"

And we prayed there should be no more