Dress Blues
๐ต 1375 characters
โฑ๏ธ 4:12 duration
๐ ID: 8775773
๐ Lyrics
What can you see from your window?
I can't see anything from mine
Flags on the side of the highway
And scripture on grocery store signs
Maybe 18 was to early
Maybe 30 or 40 is too
Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
Before he sent down his angels for you?
Mamas and grandmamas love you
'Cause that's all they know how to do
But you never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
Your wife said this all would be funny
When you got back home in a week
You'd turn 22 and we'd celebrate you
In a bar or a tent by the creek
Your baby would just about be here
And your very last tour would be up
But you won't be back, they're all dressing in black
Drinking sweet tea in a styrofoam cups
Mamas and grandmamas love you
American boys hate to lose
But you never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
The high school gymnasium's ready
Full of flowers and old legionnaires
Nobody showed up to protest
Just sniffle and stare
There's red, white, and blue in the rafters
And there's silent old men from the corps
What did they say when they shipped you away
To fight somebody's Hollywood war?
And nobody here could forget you
You showed us what we had to lose
And you never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
I can't see anything from mine
Flags on the side of the highway
And scripture on grocery store signs
Maybe 18 was to early
Maybe 30 or 40 is too
Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
Before he sent down his angels for you?
Mamas and grandmamas love you
'Cause that's all they know how to do
But you never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
Your wife said this all would be funny
When you got back home in a week
You'd turn 22 and we'd celebrate you
In a bar or a tent by the creek
Your baby would just about be here
And your very last tour would be up
But you won't be back, they're all dressing in black
Drinking sweet tea in a styrofoam cups
Mamas and grandmamas love you
American boys hate to lose
But you never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
The high school gymnasium's ready
Full of flowers and old legionnaires
Nobody showed up to protest
Just sniffle and stare
There's red, white, and blue in the rafters
And there's silent old men from the corps
What did they say when they shipped you away
To fight somebody's Hollywood war?
And nobody here could forget you
You showed us what we had to lose
And you never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:12.27] What can you see from your window?
[00:17.59] I can't see anything from mine
[00:23.13] Flags on the side of the highway
[00:28.13] And scripture on grocery store signs
[00:33.98] Maybe 18 was to early
[00:38.76] Maybe 30 or 40 is too
[00:44.92] Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
[00:49.67] Before he sent down his angels for you?
[00:55.82] Mamas and grandmamas love you
[01:01.36] 'Cause that's all they know how to do
[01:06.80] But you never planned on the bombs in the sand
[01:11.77] Or sleeping in your dress blues
[01:18.63]
[01:28.53] Your wife said this all would be funny
[01:34.06] When you got back home in a week
[01:39.56] You'd turn 22 and we'd celebrate you
[01:44.11] In a bar or a tent by the creek
[01:50.29] Your baby would just about be here
[01:55.53] And your very last tour would be up
[02:01.42] But you won't be back, they're all dressing in black
[02:06.27] Drinking sweet tea in a styrofoam cups
[02:12.32] Mamas and grandmamas love you
[02:17.73] American boys hate to lose
[02:23.15] But you never planned on the bombs in the sand
[02:27.93] Or sleeping in your dress blues
[02:34.61]
[02:44.89] The high school gymnasium's ready
[02:49.89] Full of flowers and old legionnaires
[02:55.89] Nobody showed up to protest
[03:00.66] Just sniffle and stare
[03:06.36] There's red, white, and blue in the rafters
[03:11.63] And there's silent old men from the corps
[03:17.84] What did they say when they shipped you away
[03:22.34] To fight somebody's Hollywood war?
[03:28.42] And nobody here could forget you
[03:33.87] You showed us what we had to lose
[03:39.18] And you never planned on the bombs in the sand
[03:44.40] Or sleeping in your dress blues
[03:50.34] You never planned on the bombs in the sand
[03:55.40] Or sleeping in your dress blues
[03:59.12]
[00:17.59] I can't see anything from mine
[00:23.13] Flags on the side of the highway
[00:28.13] And scripture on grocery store signs
[00:33.98] Maybe 18 was to early
[00:38.76] Maybe 30 or 40 is too
[00:44.92] Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
[00:49.67] Before he sent down his angels for you?
[00:55.82] Mamas and grandmamas love you
[01:01.36] 'Cause that's all they know how to do
[01:06.80] But you never planned on the bombs in the sand
[01:11.77] Or sleeping in your dress blues
[01:18.63]
[01:28.53] Your wife said this all would be funny
[01:34.06] When you got back home in a week
[01:39.56] You'd turn 22 and we'd celebrate you
[01:44.11] In a bar or a tent by the creek
[01:50.29] Your baby would just about be here
[01:55.53] And your very last tour would be up
[02:01.42] But you won't be back, they're all dressing in black
[02:06.27] Drinking sweet tea in a styrofoam cups
[02:12.32] Mamas and grandmamas love you
[02:17.73] American boys hate to lose
[02:23.15] But you never planned on the bombs in the sand
[02:27.93] Or sleeping in your dress blues
[02:34.61]
[02:44.89] The high school gymnasium's ready
[02:49.89] Full of flowers and old legionnaires
[02:55.89] Nobody showed up to protest
[03:00.66] Just sniffle and stare
[03:06.36] There's red, white, and blue in the rafters
[03:11.63] And there's silent old men from the corps
[03:17.84] What did they say when they shipped you away
[03:22.34] To fight somebody's Hollywood war?
[03:28.42] And nobody here could forget you
[03:33.87] You showed us what we had to lose
[03:39.18] And you never planned on the bombs in the sand
[03:44.40] Or sleeping in your dress blues
[03:50.34] You never planned on the bombs in the sand
[03:55.40] Or sleeping in your dress blues
[03:59.12]