John Gorka - We Thank You For Your Service

This week’s One Song Concert and Home Video # 45 is a new song by Jack Presbury and me. It was a privilege to have a hand in this song which came out of Jack’s experience counseling returning vets. We hope you like it!
The guitar is a Red Rascal by http://livermoreguitars.com/

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"We Thank You For Your Service"
by Jack Presbury and John Gorka

When Daddy came home from the war
He was never the same as before
A bottle of whiskey
And a thousand yard stare
It seemed that each day
Was too much to bear

And Juan was a man who walked tall
For God and for Country
He answered the call
What he saw and did
He will never forget
He hasn't been able
To speak of them yet

Chorus:
"We thank you for your service".
You hear people say
But when they see the sacrifice
They turn their eyes away, away

A flag folded down to three sides
Is handed to a young wife
And then a field of stones
Claims another hero's life

(Instrumental break)

Her mind is a murder of crows
The chaos, the calling
The pain comes and goes
The price of our freedom
We willingly spend...
Can we put her together again?

Chorus:
"We thank you for your service".
You hear people say
But when they see the sacrifice
They turn their eyes away, away

Can we put them together again? Again and again.
All the king's horses and all the king's men

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