Ron and John attended high school together in St. Johns, Michigan, graduating in the class of 1965.  The fun and games were over they were both killed in Viet Nam, 1967.  I miss them both!  FROGS DIDN'T HAVE GUNS is their story. 

FROGS is one song on the cd RED, WHITE & YOU, which is a compilation of five original songs.  These songs do not glorify war in any way, but pay tribute to the members of our Armed Forces, thanking them for their service and sacrifice.

"Frogs Didn't Have Guns" Lyrics

Two kids played together in Somewhere, Michigan
Not sure how or when they met the friendship began
They lived in the country and loved the outdoors
They’d wear Army fatigues and play a game called war
 
They ran through fields used trees as shields and threw clumps of dirt
Jumped over logs hunted down frogs and nobody got hurt
They’d laugh and play then call it a day when they ran out of sun
But clumps of dirt didn’t hurt and frogs didn’t have guns
 
High school years with football, fast cars, girls, and fun
They lived each today and were sure tomorrows would come
Their country called them when they were only nineteen
John joined the Army and Ron the Marines
 
They ran through fields used trees as shields and crawled through the dirt
Jumped over logs ignored the frogs and they knew they might get hurt
It wasn’t Michigan with the days filled with fun
When clumps of dirt didn’t hurt and frogs didn’t have guns
 
I wonder ‘bout those mornings when they picked up their guns
Did they have anyway of knowing they were running out of sun
I’m so proud that they answered their country’s call
But all that’s left is this story and their names on a wall
 
Once they ran through fields used trees as shields and threw clumps of dirt
Jumped over logs hunted down frogs and nobody got hurt
They’d laugh and play then call it a day when they ran out of sun
But clumps of dirt didn’t hurt and frogs didn’t have guns
 
Ron was my brother and John was his friend
Two kids who played together in Somewhere, Michigan

The RED, WHITE & YOU was written to honor the thousands of reservists who have volunteered to serve our great nation here at home and abroad. They have left friends and family behind, many today remain in harm's way. Their service and sacrifice ends forever the myth that they are, or ever were, "JUST A WEEKEND WARRIOR!"

SOMETIMES HEROES DIE... Lori Piestewa and Jessica Lynch became the best of friends while serving together as members of the 507th Maintenance Company, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. They were deployed to Iraq and during the early stages of the war, their Company was ambushed on March 23, 2003, near the city of Nasiriyah.

Jessica received life-threatening injuries and spent about a week in an Iraqi hospital before she was rescued by American soldiers. Lori was killed in the attack. Lori was a member of the Hopi Tribe and a single mother of two. She was the first woman soldier killed during the war in Iraq and believed to be the first American Indian woman to ever die while fighting for the United States' military. SOMETIMES HEROES DIE was written to keep the memory of her service and sacrifice alive. Thank you Lori!

About Doug Brzak
I am a high school special education teacher. I live and work in Farmington Hills, a suburb on the northwest side of Detroit, Michigan. My current job (day gig) is teaching cognitively impaired students at Harrison High school, for Farmington Public Schools.  A non-performing song writer and a life-long fan of traditional country music, I started writing in 2003. My first demos were produced and recorded in December of that year.

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