21 Gun Salute

COULD’VE BEEN AN ARTIST, HAD HIS OWN CARTOON COULD’VE BEEN A BAR-KEEP, RAN HIS OWN SALOON HE BECAME A HERO, GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME AND YOU ANOTHER 21 GUN SALUTE COULD’VE BEEN A WELDER, AND MADE YOUR IRON GATE COULD’VE DROVE A BIG RIG, AND COVERED EVERY STATE HE BECAME A HERO, GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME AND YOU ANOTHER 21 GUN SALUTE COULD’VE BEEN A TEACHER, AND TAUGHT YOUR SON TO READ COULD’VE BEEN A FARMER, OUT IN HIS FIELD OF WHEAT BUT HE BECAME A HERO, GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME AND YOU ANOTHER 21 GUN SALUTE HE DIED IN CONCORD AND GETTYSBURG IN THE HILLS OF DUNKIRK, ALL OVER THIS WORLD IN SOUTH KOREA AND VIETNAM, NOW ALL THESE GOOD MEN ARE DYING IN THE SAND ANOTHER 21 GUN SALUTE WELL HE WAS A FATHER, A BROTHER AND A FRIEND HIS TOUR WAS OVER, AND HE WENT BACK AGAIN WE WON’T FORGET HIS, LAST MESSAGE SENT I’LL BE HOME SOON, I’LL BE HOME SOON I MISS YOU I LOVE YOU