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WHEN I GET TO MEMPHIS
COPYWRITE 2011 PAUL GUY BOVEE
IT WAS HIS FIRST YEAR.FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN
AND, A ROADSIDE BOMB, WAS WAITING
HE READ THE LETTER, AND IT TOLD HIM, THAT HIS DADDY PASSED AWAY
AND, HIS MAMA WAS QUICKLY FADING
HE FELL RIGHT DOWN ON THAT FROZEN GROUND
AND, SAID, DADDY, I KNOW YOU’RE UP THERE
AND, I PROMISE YOU AND JESUS, THAT I’M GONNA CARE FOR MOMMA
JUST, AS SOON, AS GOD, WILL LET ME GET THERE
DADDY, WHEN, I, GET TO MEMPHIS, SHE WILL NEVER BE ALONE
WHEN THEY LET ME LAY THIS GUN DOWN, I’M GOING HOME
I’LL DO MY BEST, TO BE A GOOD SON, YOU RAISED ME RIGHT, AND, I AIN’T GONNA RUN
I SWEAR, I’LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF MAMA, WHEN I FINALLY GET TO MEMPHIS
WELL, THE DAY FINALLY CAME, AND, NOW THEY’RE FLYING HIM HOME TO MEMPHIS
EVERYBODYS’ THERE TO GREET HIM, HE’S A HOMETOWN HERO, NOW, IN MEMPHIS
WITH HIS MEDAL OF HONOR, SHE IS SITTING BY HIS GRAVESIDE, IN OLD MEMPHIS
AND, NOW HE’LL BE THERE FOREVER, WATCHING OVER MAMA, DOWN IN MEMPHIS
OH, WHEN, I GET TO MEMPHIS, WHEN, I, GET TO MEMPHIS, MAMA SHE WILL BE ALRIGHT,,,WHEN, I, GET TO MEMPHIS
NOW, WITH A FLAG, AND A ROSE SHE CRIES A SILENT TEAR, DOWN IN MEMPHIS
