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1.
Pech River Valley 04:04
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I first enlisted at 19 years old Seven months later they dropped me in that fishbowl When my days are done, for that final tally The longest year of my life will be the Pech River Valley Five o’clock in the mornin’ for our wake up call RPGs, mortars, and bullets would fall We’d run to the trucks, start laying bursts down But it’s hard on your soul when they’ve got the high ground It was bullets for breakfast then out on patrol Lookin’ for contact on that windin’ road I thank God for my brothers in that darkest alley And say a prayer for the ones we lost there - In the Pech River Valley Well it ain’t easy leaving those bullets behind The toughest battle of all is the one in your mind No one gets out without some kind of demon They mess with your head and they nightmare your dreamin’ It’s pills or the bottle to chase them away Cause they come around any time, night or day And here on the home front there’s nowhere to run It ain’t easy for none, but it’s harder for some Repeat Chorus (It’s bullets for breakfast...)
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War Rages On 03:27
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Born in Calhoun, GA around 1954 Grew up searching, grew up knowing there was something more My Daddy was a two war vet and proud of what he'd done Yeah I might have been the runt But I was still my daddy's son Dropped out of school in 10th grade, signed up for Vietnam Fort Jackson Carolina, turned a boy into a man That was just the first stop Hell I've been everywhere From the jungles to the oceans to that sandy desert air I take pride in who I am, never ran from anything But I can't shake these nightmares I'm reliving in my brain When the fighting and the killing follow you home The War Rages on Rages on 24 years later, every scare I have to bare They threw me back into the world like I was never there I tried to fill the emptiness with the alcohol and pot But Lord lonely's hard to deal with, ain't no cure for what I've got Repeat Chorus My Life has flashed before my eyes at least five times before Lord I pray that number six leads me right through heavens door Repeat Chorus Tag
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The Mistress 03:39
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Forever House 04:52
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This is the hard part 30 years worth of boxes in the front yard Up those porch steps through that front door aint that far Her's another one ya'll This is the last time Set it down gently this one's fragile hand me that knife Bet its those pictures we ain't seen in a long long time Newspapers 95 Just look at those smile This will be out last address So hell with the nails just glue them to the wall Do whatever we want I guess Buy a big old pail of paint snd change it all Dig a Pool Plant a tree Put down roots Yeah Whatever ya wants just fine Settle down You and me Fall asleep just dream See the rest of our lives For the first time in Forever House I've wanted this all my life Our kids in that backyard playing out there in the sunlight Was every midnight prayer and the first thing on my morning mind But time rolled by This is where I'll die Here the babies come Pulling our grandkids outta the backseat one by one Look at em laughing that one there's still sucking her thumb Repeat Chorus
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Living on Letters From Home 03:55
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Back in South Carolina, the greens growing back on the trees and this old desert in Qatar feels like a 1000 degrees I'm praying at mail call they'll be something for me, from you Even if its just small talk and the weather Girl that's all thats getting me through I miss you, I want you I can't wait to hold you again Can You feel my heart beating for you through the ink in this pen I wait for the day when I won't be sleeping a dreaming alone In the meantime I'm living Living on Letters from Home My Tour is over, I hope and I pray you're still there Oh Baby believe me, I aint going nowhere Went to church by myself and I saved you a place in the pew And I talked to Jesus and asked him to watch over you Repeat Chorus Tag
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Larger Than Life 02:54
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When you’re more than a memory You’re more than a smile More than a soldier man Rank and file When you’re more than a mission Giving your all More than a picture Or a plaque on the wall When you’re larger than life You’re more than a name 7 years can go by And s:ll, you remain They can lay you to rest But no ma>er where you lay They say, you’re bigger than death When you’re larger than life When you’re more than a specialist Medals and stars When you’re more than a brave soul A rare “Purple Heart” More than 22 years Two tours of combat John Pelham you’re more Than a “Flag at half staff” When you’re larger than life You’re more than a name 7 years can go by And s:ll, you remain They can lay you to rest But no ma>er where you lay They say, you’re bigger than death When you’re larger than life Driving down Hero’s Highway Brought a tear to my eyes You know, what they say, sure is right You’re bigger than death When You're larger than life
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Peacemaker 02:58
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Mother used to tell me Treat everybody right Go to Sunday school Trust in Jesus Christ Through all the pain and darkness She never lost her light She taught me by example And brought these words to life You can love the sinner But hate the sin You can hit the wall and always start again It's a fine line between a giver and a taker To love your enemy You Gotta fight to be A Peacemaker When I look in the mirror It's like she's staring back at me They say I look like Daddy's side But that's not who I see Cause down beneath the surface Is where she left her mark These words I take as gospel Came from my mother's heart Repeat Chorus She never let the hard times break her She past it down to me and my whole family How to fight to be A Peacemaker A Peacemaker
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Outbound Train 03:02
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Life is like an Outbound Train We all travel the same terrain I feel like I'm in limbo Staring out this window Waiting for the next stop its a feeling I can't explain Life is like an Outbound Train I've Traveled far and wide I've seen this old world from every side I've been happy I've known pain But it keeps rolling just the same Yeah Life is like an outbound train This Train goes round and round But I got back and then split town As we live that same old dream One things for sure brother It ain't one thing or another It's always been something in between Yeah life is like an outbound train Destination unknown Sometimes by design But We all get off at the end of the line There ain't no choice in going back No turning around on this here track We all take shelter from the freezing rain Yeah Life ain't nothing but an outbound train We all have different stories We're all on different paths One thing we have in common We're all stuck on this here track Not always knowing when it stops or even knowing where We've always had a ticket Get on board and let it take you where Life is like an outbound train Yeah life ain't nothing but an outbound train Life, life is like an outbound train
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Sailor 03:39
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Just a Boy from Illinois Chicago Town My Daddy worked the steel mill then the mill shut down It was time for me to leave, didn't need me around Just another mouth to feed Thats all I'd be He was sitting on the front porch the day I left Twenty in his hand smoking a cigarette He tried handing me the money, I said I won't need that Where I'm going dad, they'll take care of me A Hundred and Eleven Days at sea Salt water running though my veins Missing my home and my family But I knew I was there to stay From a Young Man to a Sailor, to a Warrior In Harms way I gotta say the best damn day of my whole life Was when I met sweet Terri, my Navy Wife God know's she served this country just as much as I Feeding the kids, notes from school and kissing them goodnight When I got a letter from her out on that ship Splash of her perfume all over it I couldn't wait to get back to see her and the kids What a homecoming that would be Repeat Chorus I look over the ocean and I reminisce And I'm on the USS Midway again Working on that Hawkeye out on that deck I close my eyes and there I am Channel Fear pulling into port Smell of food smell of land Yeah I'm a Sailor That's what I am
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Warriors Son 03:17
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The Lucky One 03:35
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I went in at 17, Navy first and then marine And when those towers fell that day I put on that green beret Man it’s been one hell of a ride Fightin’ with my brothers side by side I’m covered in the blood of those who never made it home They call me the lucky one I come from a long line of sign up, stand up, get it done (Get the job done, son) It’s who I am, it’s what I do, it’s in my blood, red, white, and blue But that war ain’t over when you hang up that gun They call me the lucky one Yeah, I made it home alive, but tell my why did I survive Just to come back home and push away what I was fightin’ for over there everyday The ones you love are hard to hold onto When it’s in your blood, red, white, and blue When it’s who you are, it’s what you do It’s hard to leave behind the hell you went through Repeat Chorus The ones I lost, the ones who never made it back Their sweat and blood are woven - into the fabric of that flag Repeat Chorus
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Price To Be Paid 03:14
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13.
You Raised Your Hand, Andrews Song 03:28
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YOU WERE ALWAYS NUMBER ONE / FROM THE TIME YOU WERE A KID NEVER WANTED SECOND BEST / YOU GAVE YOUR ALL IN ALL YOU DID FROM THOSE FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHTS / TO THAT DARK AND DANGEROUS PLACE WHEN IT WAS TIME TO FACE THE FIRE / YOU WERE BORN TO LEAD THE WAY YOU RAISED YOUR HAND / LAID DOWN YOUR LIFE YOU WEREN'T AFRAID TO PAY THE PRICE YOU KNEW YOU COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE COUNTRY THAT YOU LOVED, YOU TOOK A STAND - YOU RAISED YOUR HAND THEN A KNOCK ON OUR FRONT DOOR THAT WE PRAYED WE'D NEVER HEAR AND OUR WORLD FOREVER CHANGED WITH THE ANGER AND THE TEARS NOW THERE'S A ROOM OF MEMORIES - LIKE A SHRINE THAT'S BUILT FROM LOVE AND THAT LETTER TO YOUR MOM - THAT'S A GIFT FROM UP ABOVE REPEAT CH FOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER, AND THE BROTHER THAT YOU LOVED AND THE GIRL YOU GAVE YOUR HEART TO --- YOU GAVE IT ALL FOR US REPEAT CH
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Toe The Line 03:42
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The War We Brought Back Home 03:10
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I was still in my teens when my recruiter came to me sent me to basic, AIT then a round trip overseas Nobody will ever know Where I've been or what I've seen Except for those who served with me We can't just sit here all alone Fighting this war we brought back home We pray to God each morning please Help us dear Lord to find our peace Don't let our minds roam Tell us God how to we atone For this forsaken war We brought back home We brought back home We left home someone's Son Someone's Husband someone's Dad We came back to them a shell of some someone they once had People say we're lucky They say we should be glad Then why in the hell are we so mad Chorus Tag We brought back home We brought back home I'd rather be lying next to PVT Malone Then fighting this God forsaken war we brought back home
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Soldier On 03:15
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This is Who You are What they trained you for How You did your job How You fought your war Close Your Heart Hide the scars Its all that you can do Soldier On Stand up and be strong I just wonder how long We can Soldier On Life was hard on me, So I leaned on you Gave my trust to you, But You hurt me to Whose gonna be there now To pull me through I guess its up to me Soldier On Stand up and be strong I just wonder how long We can Soldier On And then when you came home Again You gave your all To save your fallen brothers You answered every call I’d rather see you fighting for something Than for nothing at all But baby don’t you see I need for you to fight this hard for me Soldier On Stand up and be strong I just wonder how long We can Soldier On Tag
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While I'm Gone 03:14
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Nails In The Wall 03:03
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Close your eyes, catch some sleep in the back seat You’ll wake up when you pull in the drive Turn the key on a new set of memories One more page being turned in your life Leave that eggshell white unpainted Home is more than decorations So you line your pictures up along the hall Soon you leave like you were never there at all No nails in the wall No nails in the wall Put your backpack of books on your shoulder And smile when they ask you your name Make some friends and you’ll keep getting closer Even when you’re a time zone away So leave that eggshell white unpainted Home is more than decorations It’s the friends that always walk you down the hall When your next plane lands they’ll be the first to call No nails in the wall No nails in the wall Another suitcase, another chapter Someday you’ll look back and read the whole book after Some parts are longer some are shorter But every one of them’s important So leave that eggshell white unpainted Home is more than decorations It’s the faces in the pictures in the hall The only things that lasted through it all Your nails in the wall Your nails in the wall
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Simply Complicated Girl 03:41
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I’ve been thinkin’ about how to say what I feel like I can’t say about the way I feel All these years on the line, seventeen when I signed up, was it really real I was born in Indiana, raised in California, but I’ve been around the world I guess you could say I’m an underrated, a simply complicated girl Two tours in Iraq, 3 in Afghanistan, 5 foot, 2, with blond hair 101st, 82nd Airborne, I was your get it done girl, anything, anywhere Yeah I’ve seen all the wrong parts, broken places with broken hearts It’s a crazy, messed up world It really can’t be overstated, I’m a simply complicated girl Twenty-two when I made my first will Cause it’s a kill or be killed world, you forget how to live world Twenty-one years is a pretty good run For the girl that could get it done But the girl that got it done just don’t know what to do It’s a strange, new world Yeah, I guess you could say I’m a slightly aggravated Simply complicated girl I guess the best way to say what I feel like I can’t say is just go ahead and say it, to hell with it Looking back down the road I’m on, all the things I wanted to do I’ve done, yeah i did it Now I’m on a brand new mission, tryin’ to figure my position And take control of my own world I guess you could say I’m an underrated, a simply complicated girl It simply can’t be overstated, argued, or debated I’m an often underrated, simply complicated girl
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All Coming Back 03:49
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21.
We Go There 03:12
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Guardian Angels 05:09
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96 YEARS OLD BUT THE STORIES THAT HE TOLD WERE LIKE SOMETHIN’ FROM A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE HE TALK OF WORLD WAR II ALL THOSE BRAVE MEN THAT HE KNEW AND JUST LISTENIN’ TO HIM SENT A CHILL RIGHT THROUGH ME LIKE THAT EARLY MORNIN’ WHEN HE AND FOUR OF HIS GOOD FRIENDS WERE ALL AWAKENED BY A RED FLARE IN THE SKY A TORPEDO HIT HIS SHIP, AND TO THIS DAY HE STILL LIVES WITH THAT FACT HIS BUDDIES DIED, BUT SOMEHOW HE SURVIVED (HE SAID THAT’S WHY) CHORUS: I BELIEVE IN GUARDIAN ANGELS THERE’S SOMEBODY UP THERE WATCHIN’ OVER ME HE SAID IF YOU’D BEEN THROUGH HALF THE THING’S I’VE BEEN THROUGH THEN YOU’D BELIEVE IN GUARDIAN ANGELS TOO HE WAS THERE IN IWO JIMA WHEN THEY RAISED THAT FLAG OF FREEDOM (HE SAID) THAT’S SOMETHIN’ I’LL NEVER FORGET THERE’S SO MANY PRECIOUS MEMORIES BUT THE ONE THAT I’LL KEEP WITH ME IS THE DAY THAT ME AND MY SWEET “MYRTLE” MET 71 GREAT YEARS TOGETHER, BUT OUR LOVE WILL LAST FOREVER THEN HE SMILED AND SAID “YEAH, I’M ONE LUCKY GUY” (I GUESS THAT’S WHY) CHORUS: I BELIEVE IN GUARDIAN ANGELS THERE’S SOMEBODY UP THERE WATCHIN’ OVER ME HE SAID IF YOU’D BEEN THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THAT HE’D BEEN THROUGH THEN YOU’D BELIEVE IN GUARDIAN ANGEL’S TOO
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Far From Me 03:57
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Miss Out 03:27
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released January 28, 2021

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Operation Song is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to empower veterans, active duty military, and their family members to tell their stories through the process of songwriting. Music found on this page are the direct result of the military community entrusting us with their stories.

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