I raised the flag at Iwo Jima
Three bloody days to see it fly
Our faces huddled in the twilight
We watched that light fade from the sky
And I wondered just in passing
Come tomorrow, would they ever know my name
But tomorrow never came
A cigarette in trembling fingers
The morning wind turned cold and raw
I watched the waves break in the distance
Along a beach called Omaha
And I wondered just in passing
Come tomorrow, could we ever be the same
But tomorrow never came
And now we haunt these fields in silence
White crosses lined in memory
Now the ghosts are all that linger
To walk the page of history
And I wonder just in passing
Come tomorrow, does it matter who's to blame
When tomorrow never came