The most special song of Yiannis Miliokas… And personally for me, the best and most touching. I cry every time I hear it and think of my grandfather.. Thank you, John.

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I will sing you a song like water

for those who fought and are still enduring

I should have written this a long time ago

for this I humbly apologize first

In a small neighborhood clinic

I went to get some x-rays

and I saw people of an older generation

who were waiting for the doctor's instructions

It was quiet as if I had entered a sanctuary

and they were all my father's age

my old man is long dead now

but he had managed to enjoy three grandchildren

I kind of took a quick look

I've never seen such a mess

and all this forgotten old age

they will be war cripples I thought

One was missing a leg

another had his hand tied and was in pain

the third wore a collar around his neck

and another was carrying his lady

My mind went to my father again

when he told me stories at night

as if now I remember him in pain

and to speak of the dead and wounded

And all of them for my own freedom

they lived years of occupation and tyranny

they were girls and boys

and they were fighting in the mountains of Albania

I had been given a free life

and whatever I was I owed to them

and they were so simple in their old age

they didn't wear any decorations or louse

Honest persons without ego

even if they had lost everything during the war

with a smile and some respect

everything they drew would have been forgotten

I suddenly felt a huge shame

I bent down and was speechless

tears came to my eyes and I held back a lot

and luckily I had my glasses with me

I will sing you a song like water

for those who fought and are still fighting

I should have written this a long time ago

for this again I humbly apologize.

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