Nanci Griffith – Pearls Eye View The Life Of Dickey Chapelle (Guitar)

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Oh, she was high up there in the air

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Caught still by a soldier's stare

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Whenever it was men amongst men

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Down upon the land

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And she followed those Mothers' sons

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She felt the thunder of their guns

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From a pearl's eye view

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Just a camera in her hand

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She was born Georgette but the name

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Didn't suit her well

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So, she blew out of Wisconsin as Dickey Chapelle

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Oh, she flew with a pilot's pride

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The first witness to either side

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She carried relief to the lost ones

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Between the bombs

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And we saw it all through her lens

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Well, she knew she'll go back again

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When the call rang out

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Once more from Vietnam

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She's been through this before

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She'll tell you war is hell

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Her pearl earrings caught the light on Dickey Chapelle

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Oh, that's the way it was

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She was the only one to tell

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In 1962,

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she blew the Whistle loud and clear

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And now, we trace her wings

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In her footsteps without fear

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To the front lines where she fell

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Where she lies still but she's still there

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Oh, it was 1965

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over Chu Lai in a free fall dive

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In a dawn patrol to cover

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The dead zone ground

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She tiptoed through the land mines

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All along the enemy lines

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But she never saw the one

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That took her down

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Now, she captured the bloody pearls 

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of war so well

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That war was bound to steal the end

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Of Dickey Chapelle

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Dickey Chapelle

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Dickey Chapelle

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Dickey Chapelle