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Sullivan Lyrics

Artist: Caroline's Spine
Album: Monsoon

It's not hard to reach back to the day
underneath an Iowa sun.
running to the tower of waterloo, looking
for the sullivan train to come.
His five boys would run to the top and
salute him as he went bye.
First we'd wave hello.
Then we'd wave goodbye.

It's not hard to reach back to the days
after the attack on Pearl.
Overnight my buddies turned into men, run-
ning out of time for games and girls.
The Sullivan boys were not overlooked
Uncle Sam calling each by name.
The very next day they left on a mystery
train.

Say goodbye, bye, bye, Mrs. Sullivan
don't you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.
"We regret to inform you
the Navy has taken your sons away."
So put your blue star in the window.

It's not hard to reach back to her smile,
when she received the letter.
The ltters, they sounded generally the
same it said: "If they coudn't
be home, at least they were together on a
mighty fighting battleship,
somewhere in the south pacific."
The letters never got much more specific.

Say goodbye, bye, bye, mrs sullivan
dont you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.
"we regret to infrom you
the Navy is keeping your sons away."
All five, five, five, five.
So keep your blue star in the window.

It's not hard to reach back to the day
when the war finally came home.
Uncle Sam will send you a telegram, so he
doesnt have to tell you over the phone.
I heard she cracked up, when they found
out what the war had cost,
and all five of her boys were lost.

Say goodbye mrs sullivan
go ahead and cry.
"We regret to inform you that all your sons
have passed away."
.....All five!
So change your blue star to gold.

Comments/Interpretations

by Liz on 5/11/2008 11:04pm
Check your spelling

by Ty on 6/19/2008 10:49am
Dude Some Of The Lyric R Messed Up

by Levi on 9/23/2008 11:35am
that is a sad fricken song

by mokong on 9/29/2008 1:00pm
malimali la ring letra mu mulala ka!!

by Dustin on 10/25/2008 1:39pm
Yeah, I noticed that some of the lyrics were wrong. And parts were missing.

I love this song tho. I live in waterloo :)

by Evelman on 10/27/2008 9:11am
Saddest part is its a true story, and since the Sullivan Brothers all died on their ship no branch of the military allows family members to serve in the same unit. They mention it briefly in Saving Private Ryan, and theres an old movie about them called The Fighting Sullivans, mid-50s i think, black and white flick.

by Tyler on 11/23/2008 11:59am
This is truly a sad song and the sad part is i have met one of the sulivan brothers granddaugters

by Audrey on 2/14/2009 9:40pm
Grrrr... Not the full song! Original version is best.

by Michael on 3/17/2009 5:11pm
the lyrics are not all here and the words are messed up too.

by /b/ on 7/22/2009 10:58am
Yeah this is a pretty badass song. My name's Sullivan. Maybe I'm related to them.

by Mandy on 10/23/2009 3:00pm
yeah, it's a true story, there is a museum in waterloo, and there was a ship named after them also, uss the sullivans...

by Elisa on 10/30/2009 9:54am
There is a movie about it from the 50's. It's an amazing movie. I believe that it was also remade. The government will also not take males if they are the only son or they are the only ones considered capable of carrying on the family name.

by cathy on 12/8/2011 2:29pm
actually it gets more sad. Three of the five died instantly but 2 of them could hv been saved. The other ships were ordered to keep gng becuz they didn't want them hit by the japanese submarine. The captains gave orders that other ships be sent to look for survivors, but those orders were sent with other paperwork that wasn't looked at for days. there were at least 10 survivors of the initial attack. 10 that were left in shark infested water with the elements. Al and George survived at first, but Al died the next day of drowning. Then George died on the fourth or fifth day. Apparently he went insane with grief after hving lost his brothers. He dove under the water and was not seen again :0((

by Krissy on 2/15/2012 1:38pm
I LOVE this song, but lot of parts missing and check your spelling
But good work! :D

by Seth Malloy on 4/18/2012 11:32am
Doing this song for a historical song in history. Teacher cried when he heard it. His dad was a sullivan brother.

by Scott Westfall on 3/8/2013 8:08am
I remember listening to this song awhile back. After that I listen to every now and then now it's embedded into my mind and catch myself singing it. You could see the movies about them on YouTube, very interesting if you black and white flicks.