Name: A Dying Breed
Duration: 2 min 48 s
Channel: Twinn
Description: "A Dying Breed" is a song by Louis Twinn. For all the vets..

A Dying Breed

Louis Twinn

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For all the vets..

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Louis Twinn

Singer/Songwriter Americana Christian

Singer/Songwriter AMERICANA/CHRISTIAN These songs are such a large part of my life now, having lived, loved and laughed along with the characters in them. I hope you'll let them be a part of your life too. Louis Twinn - RoundHouse Recordings Vol.I-Americana

Song Info

Genre

Country • Country General

Charts

Peak #122

Peak in subgenre #21

Author

Twinn

Rights

2009

Uploaded

April 28, 2009

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MP3

MP3 2.6 MB • 128 kbps • 2:48

Story behind the song

For All The Vets....

Lyrics

He said he lied about his age
he was really just 15
when he raised his hand to join

just a kid in a man's world
hadn't even kissed a girl
before goin off to war

and I watched them fold the flag up
that he'd spent his whole life living for
and there wasn't anyone to leave it to
today they buried the last of a dying breed


I used to pass his house on walks
 really loved to hear him talk
he could really spin a tale

he cheated death so many times
laid it all on the line
lived twice as much as most

as I listened while that bugler played
they lowered him down to his grave
and the shots rang out for one last salute
today they buried the last of a dying breed


and next time you see those old men
at the hometown parade
be sure to tell your children what they gave
and if our generation ever faces that test
I hope we'll have their backbone and their grit

so they'll watch them fold the flag up
that we spent our whole lives living for
and they'll hear the bugler playing taps for us
then they'll bury the last of a dying breed

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