Show My God My God How Can I It Be That one boy lies rotting from malnutrition and torture in a jungle p prison r i s o n camp in North Vietnam And another boy spits and tramples on the flag nag of his country on the steps of a University University University sity of learning That one boy lies sightless in ina ina ina a us u.s. N Naval a val Hospital from Communist in inflicted c t e d face wounds And another boy uses a Communist flag to drape himself himself himself him him- self in defiance of the laws of his country That one man of medicine begins his t thirtieth hi r tie t h straight hour standing over an operating table in pursuit of life for man serving his country And another man of medicine implores implores implores im- im crowds of young men to refuse to serve their country That one Negro holds the face of his dead white buddy in his arms and cries pitifully in a dirty mud hole in Vietnam And another Negro screams with ith hate ate against his white br brother ther on the streets of countless countless count count- less American cities That one boy lies in a coffin beneath the ground because he believed d in Duty to Country And another boy lies on a dingy cot giving blood to the enemies of his country That one Man of God shields a wounded boy from an enemy bayonet with his body and dies dies- And another Man of God uses his Cloth as a shield to preach hate dissension and lawless lawless- ness MY GOD HOW CAN IT BE- BE From boys in Viet Nam h. h I I 4 I. I nl oJ ar |