| Halfway around the world tonight
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| In a strange and foreign land
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| A soldier packs his memories
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| As he leaves Afghanistan
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| And back home they don’t know too much
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| There’s just no way to tell
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| I guess you had to be there
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| For to know that war was hell
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| And there won’t be any victory parades
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| For those that’s coming back
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| They’ll fly them in at midnight
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| And unload the body sacks
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| And the living will be walking down
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| A long and lonely road
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| Because nobody seems to care these days
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| When a soldier makes it home
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| They’ll say it wasn’t easy
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| Just another job well done
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| As the government in Kabul falls
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| To the sounds of rebel guns
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| And the faces of the comrades
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| Being blown out of the sky
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| Leaves you bitter with the feeling
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| That they didn’t have to die
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| Halfway around the world tonight
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| In a strange and foreign land
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| A soldier unpacks memories
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| That he saved from Vietnam
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| Back home they didn’t know too much
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| There was just no way to tell
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| I guess you had to be there
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| For to know that war was hell
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| And there wasn’t any big parades
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| For those that made it back
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| They flew them in at midnight
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| And unloaded all the sacks
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| And the living were left walking down
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| A long and lonely road
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| Because nobody seemed to care back then
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| When a soldier made it home
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| The night is coming quickly
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| And the stars are on their way
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| As I stare into the evening
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| Looking for the words to say
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| That I saw the lonely soldier
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| Just a boy that’s far from home
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| And I saw that I was just like him
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| While upon this earth I roam
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| And there may not be any big parades
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| If I ever make it back
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| As I come home under cover
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| Through a world that can’t keep track
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| Of the heroes who have fallen
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| Let alone the ones who won’t
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| Which is why nobody seems to care
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| When a soldier makes it home |