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THE YOUNG MAN STANDS AND TAKES AN OATH
BEFORE HIS GOD AND COUNTRY BOTH
SWEARS AN ALLEGIANCE TO HIS FLAG
THEN GOES ON HOME TO PACK A BAG
THEY SHIP HIM EAST SO HE CAN TRAIN
TO USE HIS MUSCLES, BRAWN AND BRAIN
HE IS THERE FOR WEEKS ON END
MET SOME BUDDIES AND A FEW BEST FRIENDS
A YEAR AGO, IN HER EYES, HE WAS STILL A CHILD
FAST CARS, LOUD MUSIC AND FRIENDS, HE WAS A LITTLE WILD
HE COMES HOME CHANGED FROM BOY TO MAN
GUESS EVERYONE KNOWS IT WASN’T A FLASH IN THE PAN
THERE IS CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
THE CONGO, IRAQ AND ISRAEL ARE NOT THE LEAST
HE HAS BEEN TRAINED BY ONLY THE BEST
WITH LITTLE TIME OFF AND VERY LITTLE REST
WE ALL KNOW HE WILL GET THOSE ORDERS
HIS BATTALION SOON LIVING IN CLOSE QUARTERS
NO MORE BRICK BUILDINGS TO LIVE IN
BUT TENTS AND COTS AND FOOD IN TINS
NO MORE SNOW AND MUD TO MARCH THROUGH
BUT THE SKY’S THE SAME, MAYBE DARKER BLUE
WHAT HE NOW CALLS A BLANK EXERCISE
WILL BECOME A LIFE WHERE AMMO FLIES
KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN BOYS, A MOTHER WRITES
AND PRAYS THEY COME HOME SAFE, EVERY NIGHT
WE ALL KNOW THE PRAYERS, AND IN GOD WE TRUST
BUT DO OUR JOB, AS THE ARMY, WE MUST
THEY STICK TOGETHER LIKE A FAMILY OF BROTHERS
ALL OF THEM OUR SONS AND US THEIR MOTHERS
LETTERS FROM HOME THEY MEAN SO MUCH
E-MAIL OR HAND WRITTEN, IT’S THE HEARTS THEY TOUCH
FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS ARE BOYS WILL BE GONE
TIME WILL GO SLOW AND IT WILL SEEM SO LONG
HE WILL COME HOME, CHANGED ONCE MORE
SOME THINGS HE WILL SEE, MAY LEAVE HIM HEART SORE
BUT WE WILL BE HERE, WE ARE HIS FAMILY YOU SEE
AND HE WAS THERE, TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY FREE
SO WHILE YOU GO ABOUT YOUR LIFE SO CARE FREE
REMEMBER WITHOUT OUR SONS DRESSED IN GREEN, IT JUST WOULDN’T BE
BEFORE HIS GOD AND COUNTRY BOTH
SWEARS AN ALLEGIANCE TO HIS FLAG
THEN GOES ON HOME TO PACK A BAG
THEY SHIP HIM EAST SO HE CAN TRAIN
TO USE HIS MUSCLES, BRAWN AND BRAIN
HE IS THERE FOR WEEKS ON END
MET SOME BUDDIES AND A FEW BEST FRIENDS
A YEAR AGO, IN HER EYES, HE WAS STILL A CHILD
FAST CARS, LOUD MUSIC AND FRIENDS, HE WAS A LITTLE WILD
HE COMES HOME CHANGED FROM BOY TO MAN
GUESS EVERYONE KNOWS IT WASN’T A FLASH IN THE PAN
THERE IS CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
THE CONGO, IRAQ AND ISRAEL ARE NOT THE LEAST
HE HAS BEEN TRAINED BY ONLY THE BEST
WITH LITTLE TIME OFF AND VERY LITTLE REST
WE ALL KNOW HE WILL GET THOSE ORDERS
HIS BATTALION SOON LIVING IN CLOSE QUARTERS
NO MORE BRICK BUILDINGS TO LIVE IN
BUT TENTS AND COTS AND FOOD IN TINS
NO MORE SNOW AND MUD TO MARCH THROUGH
BUT THE SKY’S THE SAME, MAYBE DARKER BLUE
WHAT HE NOW CALLS A BLANK EXERCISE
WILL BECOME A LIFE WHERE AMMO FLIES
KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN BOYS, A MOTHER WRITES
AND PRAYS THEY COME HOME SAFE, EVERY NIGHT
WE ALL KNOW THE PRAYERS, AND IN GOD WE TRUST
BUT DO OUR JOB, AS THE ARMY, WE MUST
THEY STICK TOGETHER LIKE A FAMILY OF BROTHERS
ALL OF THEM OUR SONS AND US THEIR MOTHERS
LETTERS FROM HOME THEY MEAN SO MUCH
E-MAIL OR HAND WRITTEN, IT’S THE HEARTS THEY TOUCH
FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS ARE BOYS WILL BE GONE
TIME WILL GO SLOW AND IT WILL SEEM SO LONG
HE WILL COME HOME, CHANGED ONCE MORE
SOME THINGS HE WILL SEE, MAY LEAVE HIM HEART SORE
BUT WE WILL BE HERE, WE ARE HIS FAMILY YOU SEE
AND HE WAS THERE, TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY FREE
SO WHILE YOU GO ABOUT YOUR LIFE SO CARE FREE
REMEMBER WITHOUT OUR SONS DRESSED IN GREEN, IT JUST WOULDN’T BE