Dr Sam and the Managed Care Blues Band - Before You Go lyrics

rate me

Quietly youve all turned Gray

You did your job, you saved our way

Our life and freedom you preserved

Weve thanked you less than youve deserved

You never boasted, bragged or asked

For adulation for your past

You did the job you knew was right

And quietly, you cry at night

For bodies maimed and comrades lost

For sights beyond our furthest thoughts

For what youve lived and felt and seen

For what the cost of freedom means.

You blessed us with every breath

That cost you arms and legs and death

You won the worst and greatest war

We owe you more, we owe you more

Thank you for your wondrous feats

For open speech and quiet streets

For worship as we choose to pray

For preservation of our way

Before you go, we need to show

That in your silence we still know

What you accomplished and what you did

For who we are and how we live

So Go with love from wives and sons

And daughters for a job well done

From kids whove never seen a tank

We give you thanks, we give you thanks

Thank you for your wondrous feats

For open speech and quiet streets

For worship as we choose to pray

For preservation of our way

For homes and jobs and baseball games

For many colours many names

You Saved our lives and were still free

From shining sea to shining sea

Thank you, Thank yo, ... Go in peace

[Lyrics: Sam Bierstock; Music: John Melnick

Contributed: Marten Busstra 2010]