21 Guns

Album: Midnight Gasoline (2024)
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  • Standing in this field of limestone
    Watching flags wave in the air
    You know we'd love to take you back home
    But there ain't no place like this there

    A preacher stammers through a nice verse
    Does his best to eulogize
    At times like this, there ain't no right words
    The rifles fire and your life flashes right before my eyes

    I don't need no one to tell me you're a hero
    Hell, I've known that ever since you were young
    And there ain't words to say
    How proud we all are of you, son
    Nothing says job well done
    Like twenty-one guns

    They dressed you up in your best uniform
    And pinned your medals on your chest
    That folded flag they gave your mama
    Seemed to say, we all know that you did your best

    I don't need no one to tell me you're a hero
    Hell, I've known that ever since you were young
    And there ain't words to say
    How proud we all are of you, son
    Nothing says job well done
    Like twenty-one guns Writer/s: Jamey Johnson, Jim Brown
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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