GRANDADDY
CAME HOME
IN A B-52
IN A PINE BOX
COVERED
IN RED WHITE
AND BLUE
HE WAS ONE OF
THE BRAVE AND
THE PROUD AND
THE FEW
TWENTY-ONE GUNS
HELPED
US SAY GOODBYE
I STOOD THERE
IN SILENCE
TRYIN' HARD
NOT TO CRY
AS THE PREACHER
HE QUOTED
LINES WRITTEN
IN RED
AND THEN HE FOLDED
HIS BIBLE
AND IN A BROKEN
VOICE HE SAID
THERE'S ONLY TWO
PEOPLE WHO'S
EVER DIED FOR ME
LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES
JUST SO I COULD
BE FREE
THEY BOTH WENT
THROUGH HELL
BARED CROSSES
AND SHELLS
AND BOTH GOT BACK
UP AGAIN AFTER
THEY FELL
THEY NEVER
PICKED A FIGHT
BUT THEY'RE THERE
TO PICK UP
THE PIECES
GOD ONLY KNOWS
WHO WE'D BE
WITHOUT SOLDIERS
AND JESUS
IT SEEMS LIKE THE
NEWS LOVES TO
RUN 'EM BOTH DOWN
BUT WHENEVER WE
NEED 'EM
THEY'RE ALWAYS
AROUND
SO DON'T HAND
ME A PARTY'S
POLITICAL VIEWS
'CAUSE THERE'S A
LEFT SIDE
A RIGHT SIDE
AND THEN THERE'S
THE TRUTH
THERE'S ONLY TWO
PEOPLE WHO'S
EVER DIED FOR ME
LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES
JUST SO I COULD
BE FREE
THEY BOTH WENT
THROUGH HELL
BARED CROSSES
AND SHELLS
AND BOTH
GOT BACK
UP AGAIN AFTER
THEY FELL
THEY NEVER PICKED
A FIGHT BUT
THEY'RE THERE
TO PICK UP
THE PIECES
GOD ONLY KNOWS
WHO WE'D BE
WITHOUT SOLDIERS
AND JESUS
TO ME THEY'RE
BOTH HEROES
FOR THE PATH THAT
THEY CHOSE
'CAUSE ONE FIGHTS
FOR MY LIFE
ONE FIGHTS
FOR MY SOUL
THERE'S ONLY TWO
PEOPLE WHO'S
EVER DIED FOR ME
LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES
JUST SO I COULD
BE FREE
THEY BOTH WENT
THROUGH HELL
BARED CROSSES
AND SHELLS
AND BOTH
GOT BACK
UP AGAIN AFTER
THEY FELL
THEY NEVER
PICKED A FIGHT
BUT THEY'RE THERE
TO PICK UP
THE PIECES
GOD ONLY KNOWS
WHERE WE'D BE
WITHOUT SOLDIERS
AND JESUS
SOLDIERS AND JESUS