Lyrics for Ungrateful by Across the hudson

Our great men went to sea
And if it wasnt for that your life wouldnt be
Yet you curse our nation and burn our flag
While we pulled your ancestors out of bodybags

Now you're communists, they over ran our schools
Now were stuck with generations of American fools
Better thank our men, blood was sheed
Because they traded their lifes to save your dead

Now the dead have rose and they turn their backs
As i watch my nation under youre attack
We saved China from Japan
It's time they recognice and pledge our flag

Youre ungratefull... Youre ungratefull...
Ungrateful for what we have done for you
Youre ungratefull... Youre ungratefull...
No we are not responsable for what other nations do!

From Guadalcanal to Normandy
We saved millions of lives that today wouldnt be
But when youre in college thats not what your hear
The same people we saved are filling our ears
With the shame and sorrow of a false history
As they put a cross up and crucify me
But it was their lifes that we saved
We pulled the rotting corpses out of the grave

So when you try to take my rights away
Just remember my face, remember D-day
Just remember that were not all fools
No matter how much you all poison our schools
Managed well to divide us up
You dont care about our nation, dont care about us
Just remember we were good to you
No matter how many lies, we know the thruth

Yeah we know the thruth...
I'm not ungrateful like you...

Lyrics for H.A.D. by Across the hudson

This song goes out to all the construction workers in 1970. They stood up for what's right, they stood up against the college elite, and beat their fucking heads in! COMMIE!!

A forgotten day in our history
Over 50,000 hardhats took to the New York city streets
And they where met with rocks and evil words of hate
But their later actions would soon prove to be great

H.A.D. - Back in 1970
H.A.D. - I wont forget my history....

These college hippies started it
With their cowardly attack
But these working men knew
It was time to take their country back
So the cops backed off and let these brave men through
And they all carried a flag and it was...
Red, white & blue - America!

H.A.D. - Back in 1979
H.A.D. - When the workingclass takes to the streets

Tradesmen stormed the dorm at the university of Pace
And these college cowards ran
No they werent even willing to face
Working men chased traitors down
And cornered them like rats
Then unleashed the fury of a New York city hardhat

H.A.D. - Back in 1979
H.A.D. - When the workingclass takes to the streets
H.A.D. H.A.D. H.A.D.

All they wanted to do
Was honor friends that served
And they where met with senseless violence
So they gave the traitors what they deserved
So i think of this day and my heart beats with pride
Off how these true patriots stood up
For their best friends that had died

H.A.D. - Back in 1979
H.A.D. - When the workingclass takes to the streets
H.A.D. - The way that i think it should be
For god and country
H.A.D. - When the workingclass takes to the street

Information for the song H.A.D. by Across the hudson

As i always say this site wont be an outlet of politics left or right. This is not in any way a political crusade from my part just a vote for the underdogs.

Before i write the lyrics i have to explain what the song is about and the story starts somewhere around 1970 at the today infamous Kent State shootings where 4 "peace" protesters was shot down by policemen. What the liberal media always forget was that these protestors was part of the Communist front group that had tight connections to the Vietnamese communist party that America WAS IN WAR WITH! They where shouting kill!kill!kill! and throwing bricks of concrete. FIFTY-EIGHT guardsmen was injured, knocked to the ground and beaten, they paniced and opened fire at the crowd for 13 seconds killing 4 of the rioters. Well maybe being shot is an outcome when beating on a uniformed man with a gun.... i dont know?

Some days later the mayor of New York John Lindsay ordered that the American flag on all city buildings should be lowered to half staff. Remember this was at a time when hundreds of Americans died in vietnam everyday and he decided to lower the flag in respect for some privilaged students that had conecctions to the group that the nation was fighting against.

Constructionworkers at the Empire state builing site found out about this and decided to show their friends in Vietnam the respect they deserved. When anti-war protesting students assembled at Wall Street (some flying the viet-cong flag) they didnt know that the REAL workingclass also had hit the streets that day. This was the showdown of one of Americas most forgotten events The hard-hat riots.

By noon thousands of workers from around NY had assembled (some flying signs like America, love it or leave it) and many of them had come to do more then support their troops. Around a hundred of the hardhats started moving towards the policeline that seperated them from the students. After some hateful shouting from both sides a man in his mid 40's (the man in the picture) spit on one of the workers American flag and all hell broke loose. The man was chased up on the Washington monument and beaten to a pulp by the angry mob. They chased and beat the students that wasnt used to any oppositions in their riots. After some sceenes that by vitneses looked like a warzone the workers decided to storm the building and raise the American flag to full staff.

The only thing the the media talked about after this event is the fact that the police stood by and never helped the students. Well maybe the guy throwing rocks at you aint the biggest priority when the shit goes down?

What i never understood is how come this day has been wiped out of American history and how come the Hollywood elite that loves these type of scenes hasnt made even 1 single movie about this event?

Across the hudson - Our side of the story (2000)

Tracklist:
01. Across the hudson
02. Aware of our surroundings
03. Our side of the story
04. Ungrateful
05. H.A.D. (Honor American Day)
06. Average man
07. He's comming back!
08. Herman Achtzehn R.I.P.

Released by Pure Impact in 2000.

A sideproject with Joe Falzone from the infamous HC band Tears of frustration. The band consisted of members from both New Jersey & New York and therefore the name Across the hudson is a perfect bandname.
Cant say i know much more then the names of the other members and except for Joe i dont know the history of any of them so i will keep this short and concise.

The music is minimalistic punkrock and reminds me of early Skrewdriver and even a bit of Templars at some times. Dealing with issues like decline of the society, working class pride and offcourse the god old bond enemy "the commies".
The lyrics are simple but very genuine and the album seems personal especially the last song that is dedicated to a bandmembers grandfather that fought and died in WWII.
These are all the songs that the group recorded and i dont think that we will ever see a second album. Joe Falcone later went on to his new band called Joe frustration (yet again overhyped hardcore). Me being an Oi!-junkie i can easily say this is his best project.
8/10

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