Who Lives and Who Dies
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 see 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
For someone quenched his fire
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