A fellow patriot wrote this
moving song and the music on Veterans Day in 2007 . . . then finished its video
over Thanksgiving in 2007 . . . All in dedication to America's fallen war heroes.
Lyrics
On the airfield tarmac
A plane from far away
Honor guards bring coffins
Out the cargo bay.
Families are waiting
Friends are standing by.
Heroes on their last trip home.
And you need to know
|| We are past the glory
We are past the fame
They are gone forever
If we're never calling out their names ||
What we tell our children
Why we went to war
Why we went abroad - and
What we're fighting for
Fight for all our freedom
Fight for human rights
This is why they gave their lives
And you need to know
|| Repeat||
They are not statistics
Of casualties of war.
Someone lost a daughter
Someone lost a dad
Someone lost a sister
Someone lost a son
They came home just one last time
And you need to know
|| Repeat ||
Tributes in their honor
Tell their fate in stone
Tell us what they fought for
What they let forgo
Tell us what the price is
For freedom we enjoy.
That they died for you and me
Is that, what you must know.
