A SOLDIERS LAST TRIP HOME
BARRY & THE BOOMERS
Chapter 1
Madison Square Garden 2015
Eighteen th
Lyrics
HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY (The American Soldier)
Words by Barry David Butler
THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR
WHO COULD THAT BE
MAYBE A NEIGHBOR
SHE WENT OVER TO SEE
SHE PEEKED THROUGH THE BLINDS
SHE SAW A GREEN SEDAN
IT WAS PARKED AT THE CURB
THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN
SHE REMOVED THE CHAIN
AND SLOWLY OPENED THE DOOR
SAW THE FACES OF THREE MEN
THAT WAS ALL SHE SAW
THEY WERE LOOKING AT HER
A SAD LOOK IN THEIR EYES
SO SORRY TO HAVE TO TELL YOU
THAT YOU’RE SON HAS DIED
HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY
THE U S A
A PROUD AMERICAN SOLDIER
AND HE DIED TODAY
HE DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY
AND PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE
WAS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE
SO SHE SHUT THE DOOR
SAT DOWN ON A CHAIR
WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK
THIS JUST WASN’T FAIR
JOHN BECAME A SOLDIER
A PROUD MARINE
TO PROTECT HIS COUNTRY
THAT WAS ALWAYS HIS DREAM
(CHORUS)
WENT OFF TO FIGHT A WAR
LEFT HIS KIDS AND WIFE
HE WAS PROUD TO SERVE
WILLING TO GIVE HIS LIFE
MEMORIES SCREAMING
HER BRAIN WAS FRIED
JUST A JUMBLED MESS
HE ONLY SON JUST DIED
(CHORUS)
SHE PICKED UP THE PHONE
AND CALLED HIS DAD
IT WAS THE HARDEST THING SHE EVER DID
IT WAS SO SAD
SHE PICKED UP HIS PICTURE
HE HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL FACE
HE WAS LOVED BY GOD
AND SAVED BY GRACE
(CHORUS)
