Lost Soldier Son

  • our family is proud of their lost soldier son
  • not because they believe in the flag or a gun
  • they miss him because they remember him well
  • and loved him so dearly for the day that he fell
  • all I knew was a picture some stories they told
  • about young carl junior that good hearted boy
  • we had a connection I’ll tell it to you
  • he liked the good music now just like I do
  • I see a kind face staring down from the wall
  • every time that I pass through my grandparent’s hall
  • it’s almost reflection his face so like mine
  • my uncle carl junior now in the grave lyin’
  • my mother remembers the day that she heard
  • as she learned of her brother she spoke not a word
  • a small yellow paper received on that day
  • it read killed in action in France far away
  • they still love him dearly it all seems so sad
  • grandmother, grandfather, my mother and dad
  • they cherish the last things he won from afar
  • that one purple heart and a bright silver star
  • now nothing can bring the boy back to the fold
  • but his precious memory ever lovingly hold
  • when the music is playing and we’re all gathered there
  • our spirits rekindled no more to despair
  • our family is proud of their lost soldier son
  • not because they believe in the flag or a gun
  • they miss him because they remember him well
  • and loved him so dearly for the day that he fell

© Chris Brashear (House of Hollis Music, ASCAP)

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