Old Soldier

Once he was really someone long ago
It was amazing what he did back then
He has a story but no one to know
Who he used to be in the way-back-when
He refuses to talk about it now
Bearing his secrets to the grave below

So no one knows exactly as to how
It was that destiny chose him to be
A hero but he is a hero still
And if he were to talk he might well say
Those who were there never talk never will
Old soldiers do not die they fade away

He lost his heart in the Second World War
He bet it all and never won it back
Still marching but only he knows what for
I wonder what he thinks about Iraq

+Steven Curtis Lance



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