Austin Lucas - Different Shade of Red lyrics

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Greatest generation

Got busy baby booming

They got it all when the war was done

And made daughters and sons

That great generation

Is slowly, sadly passing on

The daughters and sons

Are moms and dads to boys like me

That great generation

They grew flower children

They didn’t mean to plant the seed

That sure one took root

Baby boomers deserved what they got

Snorting, bursting dirty punks, yeah

Grandpa thought it had it rough till he met us

I’m a lucky second son, order man

Made flesh and bone, the American blood that I hold

But it runs a different shade of red

One time winds were blowing

A coward’s son would call him

But he was no coward, boys, he knew where he stood

Met my mother on a New York night

She was born in Atlanta in the heat of July

Both loving life parents were denied

Till they saw my brother’s eyes

But I’m a lucky second son, order man

Made flesh and bone, the American blood that I hold

But it runs a different shade of red