Thank you for your service

Across the endless ocean

Beyond the beauty of the sunrise

Carefully treading on foreign ground

Defending their country

Defending me

 

Daughter’s begging for her daddy

Momma’s crying herself to sleep

Son is trying to be strong

Daddy rarely sleeps

Daddy’s defending me

 

Above him debris is falling

To his right, his brother –dead

On his left another terrorist

Another explosion up ahead

 

No time to cry

No time to weep

Daddy’s got to keep going

Daddy has to get back on his feet

 

There’s never time to slow down

Never time to relax

Never time to be sick

Never time to turn back

Daddy’s got to keep going

 

His men are dying

He's been shot

He won’t see his kids again

And the world—

The world goes on without a thought

 

No one stops

No one cares

No one’s got the time

The world is too busy—too busy

 

A soldier falls

Defending his country

His country

Ignores him

 

A hero was lost

A daddy was lost

A husband was lost

And no one cares

 

Not no one—I care

I care and I wish more people did

It’s not too late to change

Change our ungrateful ways

 

When we see a man in uniform

When we see him in his hat

We can stop

We can thank him

We can let him know we care

We all can care

 

Thank you for your service

Each and every one of you