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And the flag draped coffins are a sailin home
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And the waves are watching as the engine drones
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As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan
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The sad and silent song of a soldier
With a heros greeting we will welcome him,
With heros speeches we will honor him,
With a heros ending we will bury him,
Thats the sad and silent song of a soldier.
And comfort his family with a telegram,
We regret to inform you we have lost a man,
But we gave him the highest medal of the land,
Thats the sad and silent song of a soldier.
We know what an awful price he had to pay,
But the enemy was contained for another day,
We trained him well, but he would have wanted it that way,
Thats the sad and silent song of a soldier.
Oh, the weary wounded they wait by his side,
Wondering why they hadnt also died,
The picture of victory on its pride,
Thats the sad and silent song of a soldier.
And the flag is at half mast wet with foreign rain,
Ignored by the stranger he had helped to train,
To him it was his duty to them again,
Thats the sad and silent song of a soldier.
At arlington hes lowered down without a pause,
And his native land welcomes him with open jaws,
And the tombstone reads such a noble cause,
Thats the sad and silent song of a soldier.
Now a moment of silence for the broken man,
While the president proudly crows "well never bend",
And cheers their replacements marching off again,
Thats the sad and silent song of a soldier.
And the flag draped coffins are a sailin home,
And the waves are a watchin as the engines drone,
As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan
The sad and silent song of a soldier.
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