Lyrics

One by one I watch them load the busses
With terror in their eyes and trying to look brave
They don't know what they're working for but they try to trust it
While their families pray to God that someone will keep them safe
Got all their shoes shined and they're squared away
They're no longer people but just part of a heated debate
He's only 18 but he wants to save the day
You should see the look on her face the first time she hears him say

He wants to be a soldier
She tries to think of all the comforting things he told her
Like how he promises every day that he loves her
And how he swears that someone up theres watching over
But this could be the last time that he holds her

We're told to be faithfull by Mr. Politician
With his pressed suits and his catchy slogans and his winning grins
But he goes home safe and sound to his wife and kids
There's no way in hell he'll ever know what war is
He'll never have to experience his family torn
While daddy's out fighting his son is being born
A mother opens the door to a stranger in uniform
As he tells her that her baby's never coming home

CHORUS
CHORUS