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Jerry Stephen Lee
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Take charge
A total of 1 users rated on average: 5.0 stars
Charts position
» highest in charts: # 357 (126,916 songs currently listed in Acoustic)
» highest in sub-genre: # 34 (10,329 songs currently listed in Acoustic > Folk)
» highest in sub-genre: # 34 (10,329 songs currently listed in Acoustic > Folk)
About the song
I love my country, but I hate war.
Lyrics
Jerry Stephen Lee
The blue glow of the TV screen,
Then the tape begins.
"Staff Sargeant Jerry Stephen Lee
I'm stationed somewhere in Iraq
This is for my wife,
And my family down in Clarksville, Tennessee."
"I know I said I'd be back home
In just a couple months
If everything worked out the way they planned.
Well, things have gone a bit awry
As these things tend to do
Right now our unit's a little under-manned"
"I think I can make it back by Christmas.
Tell Mom and Dad I love 'em
Take care of the kids.
I miss you, and I love you.
I think of you each night.
Staff Sargeant Jerry Stephen Lee,
Goodbye."
The words upon the yellow paper
Burn into her eyes.
"Staff Sargeant Jerry Stephen Lee
Was killed in action in Tikrit
His remains were found
in the afternoon, October twenty-three."
Sherry cries a silent tear,
Replays the tape again.
She holds her baby daughter close and tight.
"Look," she says, "it's Daddy"
"He loves you so much"
But she wonders how she'll make it through tonight.
When she hears,
"I think I can make it back by Christmas.
Tell Mom and Dad I love 'em
Take care of the kids.
I miss you, and I love you.
I think of you each night.
Staff Sargeant Jerry Stephen Lee,
Goodbye."
© 2006 CowboySlim, BMI
6:50 AM February 10, 2006
The blue glow of the TV screen,
Then the tape begins.
"Staff Sargeant Jerry Stephen Lee
I'm stationed somewhere in Iraq
This is for my wife,
And my family down in Clarksville, Tennessee."
"I know I said I'd be back home
In just a couple months
If everything worked out the way they planned.
Well, things have gone a bit awry
As these things tend to do
Right now our unit's a little under-manned"
"I think I can make it back by Christmas.
Tell Mom and Dad I love 'em
Take care of the kids.
I miss you, and I love you.
I think of you each night.
Staff Sargeant Jerry Stephen Lee,
Goodbye."
The words upon the yellow paper
Burn into her eyes.
"Staff Sargeant Jerry Stephen Lee
Was killed in action in Tikrit
His remains were found
in the afternoon, October twenty-three."
Sherry cries a silent tear,
Replays the tape again.
She holds her baby daughter close and tight.
"Look," she says, "it's Daddy"
"He loves you so much"
But she wonders how she'll make it through tonight.
When she hears,
"I think I can make it back by Christmas.
Tell Mom and Dad I love 'em
Take care of the kids.
I miss you, and I love you.
I think of you each night.
Staff Sargeant Jerry Stephen Lee,
Goodbye."
© 2006 CowboySlim, BMI
6:50 AM February 10, 2006