
Date of issue: 11.02.2008
Record label: Rounder
Song language: English
Two Soldiers |
We show up every morning |
Our uniforms are pressed |
All spit and polish, we have to look our best |
This message that we carry |
Is a heavy load to bear |
For those who pay the price with sacrifice |
We have to show we care |
Everybody has a duty, a way they can shine |
The ones who go over there |
And those who stay behind |
Some ain’t coming back, reality is grim |
It’s up to me and Sergeant Jack |
To break the news to them |
We’re the two soldiers no one wants to see |
In a plain black sedan |
Rolling slowly down the street |
Past the toys and the bikes |
Beneath the maple trees |
Where fading yellow ribbons |
Wave gently in the breeze |
A loved one’s in a better place |
They won’t be back no more |
Now there’s two soldiers at the door |
Sometimes they see us coming |
And fall down on their knees |
Tears are overflowing |
Crying no, God, please. |
Sometimes they just stand there, silent as a stone |
With no surprise in their eyes |
Like they knew it all along |
See the soldiers on the tarmac, ready to deploy |
Husbands and wives with little girls and boys |
Say a silent prayer they all come back alive |
And never see Jack and me pull up in their drive |
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