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Written at the Steven A Cohen Military Family Clinic in March 2020 by Veteran Joseph Zaragoza and Operation Song writer Jason Sever

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Joseph Zaragoza and Jason Sever
Stephen A. Cohen Center 07 March 2020
I never set out to earn this thing
All it took was a hand grenade
It’s light as a feather and a world of weight
This Purple Heart
It would’ve looked good on Dawson’s chest
I can honestly say he’d a worn it best
I’d mail it to his mom if I had her address
This Purple Heart
It’s all banged up
Broke and bruised
It’s been shattered
It’s been used
The only pretty thing about it is the ribbon that holds it on
It still beats, it still bleeds
It’s still proud and it’s still free
It’s a heavy scared up broken work of art
It’s a hard day’s living
Living with this purple heart
I was proud as hell when they pinned it on
I called my wife and I wore it back home
But it was all too much, she couldn’t hold
This Purple Heart
The only thing that works when its still broke
It’s a little dark in there but there’s still hope
Cause God’s still got it and he won’t let go
Of this purple heart
Chorus
It was born all blue and red
Mix em up this color is what you get
Brave and courage least that’s what they said
This Purple Heart

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from Steven A. Cohen Center 2020, released December 10, 2020

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