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He had just turned nineteen yesterday |
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Wanted to be a school teacher someday |
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Came from a small and modest town |
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Had never before traveled abroad |
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He signed on the promise of a college fund |
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Pop and Mom begged him to stay at home |
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The last time they saw him was at an airport |
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He hugged his distraught mother a final time |
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He went abroad to serve when he was only nineteen |
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Reality caught up with him, stole a heart full of dreams |
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He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes |
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Lost them all amidst this war and smoke |
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Can you hear the sound of youth negated? |
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Watch on T |
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V names are taken |
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Mother, Mother |
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My final transmission |
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Paris Island was plain hell on earth |
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Got gunny yelling at him, "better prove your worth" |
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Moved on to |
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Baghdad about six months on |
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Caught an |
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IED today, now he is gone |
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He went abroad to serve when he was only nineteen |
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Reality caught up with him, stole a heart full of dreams |
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He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes |
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Lost them all amidst this war and smoke |
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Can you hear the sound of youth negated? |
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Watch on T |
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V names are taken |
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Mother, Mother |
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My final transmission |
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Dad and Mom |
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I am your only loving sing |
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Hid a written final transmission under my helmet |
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Love you both in heart and mind |
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A better set of parents no boy could ever find |
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Weep for me and say thy prayers |
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Remember me through all your years |
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Only got to serve for six months on and |
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If you're reading this |
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I have passed and gone |
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So I harbor my final request |
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A letter in my memory please send |
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Off to the |
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President and all his men |
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Begging him with others to bring the troops back home |
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He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes |
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Lost them all amidst the war and smoke |
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Can you hear the sound of youth negated? |
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Watch on T |
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V names are taken |
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He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes |
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Lost them all amidst this war and smoke |
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Can you hear the sound of youth negated? |
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Watch on T |
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V names are taken |
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Mother, Mother |
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My final transmission |
