Name: The Worst Sacrifice
Duration: 5 min 4 s
Channel: Henry Carlow Jr/Jeff Kane
Description: A tribute to the men and women who go overseas to fight the war on terror. This song is an attempt to express their thoughts as they leave their homes and country.

The Worst Sacrifice

Henry Carlow Jr

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A tribute to the men and women who go overseas to fight the war on terror. This song is an attempt to express their thoughts as they leave their homes and country.

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Henry Carlow Jr

Pop-Rock, Country rock and rock songwriter Henry Carlow Jr collaborates with performer/songwriter Jeff Kane, and performer/songriters Bottle of Justus among oth

I'm an individual songwriter of lyrics who co-writes with songwriters who make the music. I intend to learn how to write music so I can write complete songs. I like and write both country-rock, pop-rock and rock.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Country-Pop

Charts

Peak #188

Peak in subgenre #38

Author

Henry Carlow Jr/Jeff Kane

Rights

Henry Carlow Jr/Jeff Kane 2006

Uploaded

October 10, 2006

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MP3

MP3 4.6 MB • 256 kbps • 5:04

Lyrics

“The Worst Sacrifice”     (Copyright 2005)

by Henry Carlow Jr.


Verse 1        Being your oldest was not always easy,
                    but your love and direction made me a man.
              When I told you I wanted to serve my country,
                    You said: we’re proud of you son, do the best that you can.

Chorus         Going off to war in a foreign country.
                 Defending the land of the brave and the free.
               A tearful goodbye before the long lonely flight.
                 Leaving your family’s the worst sacrifice.

Verse 2          I vowed to love and protect you forever,
                      but you knew my job might call me away.
          Now that it’s happened you hope that we’ll never
            be strangers to each other on some distant day.

Repeat Chorus
            You were born one month before my call to duty,
 and I considered you the best thing that I’d ever done.
                But now I’ll miss all the joys of your infancy,
        and there is nothing that’ll ever make up for it, son.

Repeat Chorus

Bridge           The flags are all waving,
                      and the band is playing,
                on a day that is heartsick but proud as well.
                      The soldiers are hailing,
                      while the babies are wailing,
             soon the families will send their G.I.’s off to hell.

Verse 4        My parents, my wife and my newborn baby
                 were all counting on me to be there for them.
                   But my country is calling me now to duty,
               to fight the war on terror and deliver freedom.

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Chorus

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