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AT THE OLD SOLDIERS HOME VERSE1 AT FEW WEEKS AGO AT THE OLD SOLDIERS HOME AS A YOUNG REPORTER I WENT TO DO A STORY ON AN OLD MAN NAME OF DEXTER STRONG HE HAD JUST TURNED 100 YEARS OLD AND MY BOSS THOUGHT HE HAD A STORY TO BE TOLD CHORUS AT THE OLD SOLDIERS HOME DEXTER SAID TODAY IT SEEMS LIKE MOST PEOPLE THINK WAR IS A JOKE AT THE OLD SOLDIERS HOME BUT SON IT DON'T JUST KILL YOUR BODY IT KILLS YOUR SOUL THOSE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A YOUNG MN TRAPPED IN A WHOLE WONDERING IF YOU'LL EVER MAKE IT HOME DEXTER SAID SON DON'T GET ME WRONG BECAUSE I LOVE THIS COUNTRY BUT WHEN I THINK OF ALL THE HURT AND MISERY THAT WAR HAS CAUSED SO MANY FAMILES AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK ON MY WIFES FACE THE FIRST TIME SHE LAID FLOWERS ON OUR SONS GRAVE CHORUS 2 AT THE OLD SOLDIERS HOME MY SON FOLLOWED IN MY FOOTSTEPS AND FOUGHT FOR THE GOOD OLE USA I TRIED TO TELL MY WIFE THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK BUT IN MY HEART I KNEW OUR LIVES WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME CAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A YOUNG MAN IN A WHOLE WONDERING IF YOU'LL EVER MAKE IT HOME HE SAID WITH SO MANY YOUNG MEN DYING I FEELS LIKE I'M LOSING MY SONG ALL OVER AGAIN BOY YOU PUT RIGHT IN THAT PAPER BOY WHAT I'M THINKING BECAUSE I WANT TO ASK THE MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE BEFORE HE SENDS ANOTHER YOUNG MAN OVER THERE AGAIN WRITTEN BY JUANITA FORD/ JUDITH GREER EDWARDS