Just Another Burned Out Fire

Just Another Burned Out Fire Written by: William K. Kent Somewhere a soldier cries tonight But cries not for himself at all It’s for his buddy who bought the farm As he saw him slump and fall The nights are long, time drags by For a soldier so far away Will he live, will he die And will he remember another day? He thinks of home and the girl left behind And wonders if she’s really true But duty calls and off he goes For the good of the red, white and blue No one back home understands They try but they know not what to do The soldier’s life is a life of goodbyes To a friend who was faithful and true Another leaves the band of brothers And walks out across the wire Never to return the way he left Just another burned out fire