You left home today
you packed your bags
and went away
I tried to be brave
I tried to be strong
but my tears flowed
as you joined your friends and went along
I listened to the news
the radio too
for any word of you win or lose
I saw the protests
I heard the evil slurs
just couldn't believe
they were directed at you
and your friends too
A friend, a lover, a son, a brother,
a husband, a father
risking even giving your life for another
Had they hated the government alone
I might understand
but to hate our children
in some strange land
to dishonor them
as they returned
made my heart ache
and my anger burn
For our country to forget
that they were at fault
for sending our children
into the dark
Far away places
and far a way lands
hold American blood and parts in there hands
No one cared that we were there for them
Most of them wished we'd just scram
So many dead, or wounded, and many still missing
Can you hear me world are you listening
We sent you our finest, our bravest, our best
and we brought them home
missing a piece in there chest
They left a part of their souls with you
did we welcomed them home with hugs and thank yous
It may have been a long and reasonless war
but it's the people who greeted them home I deplore
We turned our backs on bravest lot
even that war had it's heroes
they were our finest... and they got zero
no matter how many times I say thank you
it will never undo what America did to you
You have my deepest respect for all you went through
And on today and EVERY DAY... I say THANK YOU
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