Soldiers & Jesus

Grand-daddy 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 every died for me

Laid down their lives just so I could be free

They both went through hell, beared crosses and shells

And both got back up again after they fell

They never picked the 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 they're a left side, a right side, and then there's the truth

There's only two people who's every died for me

Laid down their lives just so I could be free

They both went through hell, beared crosses and shells

And both got back up again after they fell

They never picked the 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 every died for me

Laid down their lives just so I could be free

They both went through hell, beared crosses and shells

And both got back up again after they fell

They never picked the fight, but they're there

To pick up the pieces

God only knows where we'd be without soldiers and Jesus

Soldiers and Jesus