Song of a Soldier (Demo Version)

And the flag-draped coffins are a-sailing home
And the waves are watching as the engine drones
As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan
The sad and silent song of a soldier

With a hero's greeting we will welcome him
With a hero's speeches we will honor him
With a hero's ending we will bury him
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier

And comfort his family with a telegram
"We regret to inform you we have lost a man
But we have gave him the highest medal of the land"
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier

We know what a awful price he had to pay
But the enemy was contained for another day
We trained him well, he would've wanted it that way
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier

Oh, the weary wounded they wait by his side
Wondering why they hadn't also died
The picture of patriotic pride
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier

And the flag is at half mast, wet with foreign rain
Ignored by the strangers he had helped to train
To him it was duty, to them a game
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier

At Arlington he's lowered down without a pause
And his native land welcomes him with open jaws
And the tombstone reads "Such a noble cause"
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier

Now a moment of silence for the broken man
While the president proudly crows "We'll never bend"
And cheers the replacements marching off again
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier

And the flag-draped coffins are a-sailing home
And the waves are watching as the engine drones
As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan
The sad and silent song of a soldier