Soldiers and Jesus

Album: Shake What God Gave Ya (2010)
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  • Well granddaddy 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
    21 guns helped us say goodbye
    I stood there in silence trying hard not to cry
    As the preacher he quoted lines written in red
    And he folded his bible in a broken voice he said

    There's only two people whose ever died for me
    Laid down their lives just so I could be free
    They both went through hell bared crosses and shells
    And both got back up again after they fell
    They never pick a fight but their there to pick up the pieces
    God only knows where we'd be without soldiers and Jesus

    It seems like the news loves to run em' both down
    Whenever we need em' there always around
    So don't hand me a parties political views
    There's left side and right side and then there's the truth

    There's only two people whose ever died for me
    Laid down their lives just so I could be free
    They both went through hell bared crosses and shells
    And both got back up again after they fell
    They never pick a fight but their there to pick up the pieces
    God only knows where we'd be without soldiers and Jesus

    To me there both heroes for the path that they chose
    One fights for my life one fights for my soul

    There's only two people whose ever died for me
    Laid down their lives just so I could be free
    They both went through hell bared crosses and shells
    And both got back up again after they fell
    They never pick a fight but their there to pick up the pieces
    God only knows where we'd be without soldiers and Jesus

    Soldiers and Jesus
    Well granddaddy came home in a B-52
    In a pine box covered in red, white, and blue Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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