Song Description

song about the tragedy of sacrifice

Lyrics

My name is Private Hannah
Just a poor kid from Savannah
Been a scrapper ever since i was a boy
Joined the army when i could
To protect my neigborhood
From those who hate the freedom I enjoy

So when we got the call
When Baghdad had to fall
I pledged my true allegiance way out loud
I kissed my only son
Said boy, now you're the one
Don't cry now. Just make your papa proud.
Now it's me can't keep the tears from coming down
When I see old glory flyin on the church in my home town

Welcome back to the USA
When my plane touched down, I heard the captain say
I see the proof in what I did
In every mother every kid
Living to be free another day

Welcome back to the USA
Just in time to watch New Orleans wash away

On a fourteen inch black and white
Under dim florescent light
In a cold and moldy room in the va..
Welcome back to the USA

My name is Corporal Black
I'm happy to be back
In a country that forever shall be free
They sent us after Saddam
By the grace of God, we got 'em
But not before a roadside bomb got me

I was watching from above
When my lifetime's only love
Told the twins what happened to their dad

Couldn't hold them as they cried
Asked the spirit by my side
"if this is heaven, how come it hurts so bad"
But I'm proud i got to sacrifice my life
To make this country safer for my children and my wife

Welcome back to the USA
Thanks for fighting for the right 'n' American way
Sometimes it takes a bigger man
To do what he don't understand
And hope the truth will come to him someday

Welcome back to the USA
Lower the coffin fire the cannon, walk away
But a thousand troops, a thousand flags
From Pendleton Lejeune and Bragg
Are here to greet a new man every day
Where silently we'll say
Welcome back to the USA