[00:01.67]The Veteran
[00:02.17]
[00:02.93]This one
[00:03.38]Goes out to all
[00:03.90]
[00:04.69]Who served your country long and proud
[00:07.36]
[00:09.38]The ones who wanted to
[00:11.26]But never could shout out loud
[00:14.25]
[00:18.82]To my country
[00:21.27]I gave the best years of my life
[00:25.13]
[00:27.45]I love my country
[00:29.84]I was as loyal to you as I was to my wife
[00:35.43]I went to war just for you
[00:38.61]So you could sleep at night
[00:41.45]
[00:42.99]I kept the bad men far away from you
[00:46.63]I fought the good fight
[00:50.16]I did it all for you
[00:53.52]
[00:55.22]They say I am a veteran for life
[01:01.05]That means I fought for you
[01:04.09]The blood
[01:06.25]The years and the strife
[01:09.32]I forgot them all for you
[01:12.67]They say I am a veteran for life
[01:18.43]That means I served for you
[01:21.05]All those lost years of my life
[01:26.55]
[01:27.15]I gave them all to you
[01:31.69]
[01:41.71]For my country
[01:43.44]
[01:44.17]I gave the best I had and could
[01:47.08]
[01:50.43]For my country
[01:52.89]I did everything a soldier would
[01:56.42]
[01:58.27]I went far away for you
[02:01.16]So you could stay unafraid
[02:04.17]
[02:05.12]I kept my promise to America for you
[02:09.78]I don't regret the price I paid
[02:14.24]
[02:15.19]I did it all for you
[02:18.06]
[02:20.29]They say I am a veteran for life
[02:26.13]That means I fought for you
[02:28.68]The blood
[02:29.27]The years and the strife
[02:34.40]I forgot them all for you
[02:37.80]They say I am a veteran for life
[02:43.53]That means I served for you
[02:46.44]All those lost years of my life
[02:52.22]I gave them all to you
[02:56.03]
[03:06.21]I heard the sound of a shot
[03:09.28]
[03:10.59]My chest got burning hot
[03:13.51]
[03:15.21]I watched the bright day
[03:17.47]
[03:19.50]Slowly fade away
[03:23.66]
[03:28.03]Back at home the flags unfold
[03:30.95]
[03:32.18]A long procession down the road
[03:35.20]
[03:36.23]21guns a hero's end
[03:39.85]
[03:40.88]There goes another veteran
[03:43.85]Yeah
[03:44.11]New Chorus
[03:44.94]
[03:45.90]I was a veteran for life
[03:49.84]
[03:51.13]I did it for you
[03:53.33]I fought for you
[03:55.39]I served for you
[03:58.05]I bled for you
[03:59.93]I killed for you
[04:02.09]I died for you
[04:05.54]Extro
[04:05.71]They say I am a veteran
[04:08.09]
[04:08.64]That means I fought for you
[04:12.85]They say I was a veteran
[04:15.78]
[04:17.37]That means I died for you