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The Songs From The Soul Of Service songwriting contest invited the men and women of our active military to share with us their thoughts and feelings. Presented by the Dallas Songwriters Association (DSA) with assistance from the Office of the Secretary of Defenses’ America Supports You Program, the contest provided the civilian community with a way to say to those servicing in our military, we’re thinking about you; we care about you; we appreciate the work you have to do; and we value what you have to say. Speaking on the value of the project, the current Commander of the US Army Band, Colonel Thomas Rotondi said, “…What a great initiative!!! I'd like to be involved… What you folks are doing is fantastic! Thanks for your great support of our Service Members!!!


Thanks to contest director William Brown, The project was so successful that the contest model has been used by the military to continue the contest.


For more information about Songs From The Soul Of Service or to acquire CDs for an event you are planning contact: Dallas Songwriters Association.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

CD Compilations Celebrating Songs Written By Active Service Men and Women

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Song list
1. All You Gotta Do (3:59) 
2.  You know me (3:27) 
3. Like I Do (4:07) Tried and True (3:34)
4. Ballad of a Hot Mike (3:53) 
5. On My Watch Tonight (3:49)
6. The Shaman (3:30) 
7. Long Gone (4:37) 
8. Set This Bridge On Fire (4:12) 
9.  Hurts A Little (4:09) 
10. We Will Remember (5:57)
11. Fallen Rain (Broken Tears) (6:34)
12. We Hate Terrorists (3:14)  

    
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Songs From the Soul of active servicemen. 



 Reserved for each song by Songwriters(s)/ publisher(s).  ℗ 2009 Dallas Songwriters Association, Sammons Center For Arts, 3630 Harry Hines Blvd. Box 20, Dallas, Tx 75219, 214 750-0916, http://www.dallassongwriters.org,  info@dallassongwriters.org, http://www.songssoulservice.blogspot.com 

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Track Credits


1. We'll Be Together (3:09) by Zach Johnson, Army, Ft. Campbell, KY (1st place Afghan/Iraq)

2.  Wherever You Are, Morgan's Song (3:27) by Becca Rae Greene, Army, Fort Lewis, WA (1st place Folk/Bluegrass/Country)

3. Like I Do (3:55) by CAPT Steve Wilson Air Force, Randolph Air Force Base, TX (3rd place Patriotic/Inspirational/Worship)

4. Ten Things To Do If I Live (4:33) by CAPT Michael Del Palazzo, Marine Corps, Fallujah, Iraq (3rd place Afghan/Iraq)

5. Universal Soldiers (4:45) by LT COL Billy G. Roberson, Jr. Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB (2nd place Hip Hop/Rap)

6. My Life, Live Free (3:58) by LT COL Billy G. Roberson, Jr., Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB (1st place Hip Hop/Rap)

7. Ask Me To (3:44) by CAPT Steve Wilson, Air Force, Randolph Air Force Base, TX (1st place Pop/Rock/Alt/R&B, Grand Prize winner)

8.  I Can't Wait To Love You (3:26) by Jill Charles, Army, Ft. Hood, Texas (1st place Patriotic/Inspirational/Worship, 3rd pl. Grand Prize)

9.  Different Side (4:07) by PO2 Frankie Cleary, Navy, USS John Stennes (2nd place Pop/Rock/Alt/R&B)

10. 100 Feet Short Of Being A Texan (3:36) by COL Curtis Goho, Army, Grafenwohr Training Area, Germany (3rd place Folk/Bluegrass/Country)

11. Sento Nel Core (3:07) by SSG Erik Burch, National Guard, Vancouver, WA (1st place Instrumental)

12. If Tomorrow Were A Dream (4:26) by SSG Greg Pitchford, National Guard, CBHCO Medical Sacremento, CA (2nd place Folk/Bluegrass/Country, 2nd pl. Grand Prize)


Credits panel

Produced by The Dallas Songwriters Association, 

Songs From The Soul of Service Committee: 

William Brown, Phd, Committee Chair

Barbara McMillen, Cd Production

Jose Volante, Mike Dawson, Lisa Lazo, Joni Ringo, Nancy Rynders, Bob Paterno, Buck Morgan, Steve Sullivan, Chris Liddiard & Kevin Sproul


Mastered at Dyer Sound Lab by Don Ashley, Dallas, TX, dashley@texasmusicgroup.com 

Art Direction, Graphic Layout and Design by Chris Liddiard, Chris@bottomlinedesign.co.uk

Insert printed at PostNet, North Dallas, TX,  tx191@postnet.com 

Duplication by Crystal Clear, Dallas, Tx,  cdr@crystalclearstudios.com

Cds and jewel cases provided by WM Sales  800-836-7745             

Special Thanks to Ross Vick for Production on "We'll Be Together"

       ross@truehearttexas.com


Thanks to our sponsors: TexasVFW.org, Gaylord Texan, Broadjam.com, Don Ashley, Bottomlinedesign.co.uk, Crystal Clear Sound, WM Sales, Ross Vick & Chase Bank


Thanks to our judges : Lawrence Gelburd, Blake Milton, Sir Earl Toon, Barbara Farkas, Mark Menza, Steve Weingart & Mitch Paliga. 

Thanks to our screeners: Mary Dawson, Ducado Vega, Mathew JC, Michael Gott, and Greg Dugan




1. We'll Be Together  (3:09) 

© SPC Zach Johnson, Army, Ft. Campbell, KY 

(1st place Afghan/Iraq)


Do you remember that time when we first met?

You were so lovely that I could not forget.

And Now I'm thousands of miles from home and I just want to lay in bed

I'm certainly hurting my chest is without your head


soon comes a time when we're together

you dry your eyes we'll be together


It was only a month that we were wed

no honeymoon, I went to war instead

you send a letter of love over the seas

and your handwriting, it feels like home to me

 

There will come a time when I come marching in

Doors will open wide and I will see you

I know that I will cry as you come running in

Into my arms, and we kiss


Produced by Ross Vick

Engineered and mixed by James Driscoll

Arrangement & instrumentation by Ross Vick & James Driscoll

Vocals by Ross Vick

Recorded at Edgars Kitchen Studio, Dallas, Tx

www.rossvick.com  or www.truehearttexas.com



2.  Wherever You Are, Morgan's Song (3:27) 

© Becca Rae Greene, Army, Fort Lewis, WA 

(1st place Folk/Bluegrass/Country)


It's raining tonight

Outside the window

I try to close my heavy eyes

But the thunder roars

Tearing the quiet

Like the heartbeat of the sky

It's hard to fall asleep

When you can't see the stars

So I hope it never rains

Wherever you are


Do you think of me?

Are you tired of being strong?

Where do you lay down at night?

How does it feel?

Do you dream of coming home?

I wanna know what it's like

'Cuz you have my heart

Wherever you are


It's cold in this bed

I hate December

And I count down the days

It's been so long

But I remember

And your love is worth the wait

I need to feel the warmth

I'm missing in your arms

I hope it's never cold

Wherever you are


Do you think of me?

Are you tired of being strong?

Where do you lay down at night?

How does it feel?

Do you dream of coming home?

I wanna know what it's like

'Cuz you have my heart

Wherever you are


I was there for every smile,

Every laugh

And I'll be right here

When you get back


Do you think of me?

And are you tired of being strong?

Where do you lay down at night?

How does it feel?

Do you dream of coming home?

I wanna know what it's like

'Cuz you have my heart

You have my heart

You have my heart,

Wherever You Are


Vocals by Becca Rae

Produced by Daniel B. Marshall

Becca Rae's husband, Capt. Morgan Greene,  is active-duty Army


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3. Like I Do (3:55) 

© Steve Wilson Air Force, Randolph Air Force Base, TX 

(3rd place Patriotic/Inspirational/Worship)


Honey Brown,

And a sea of ocean blue.

She says you've got the look of me, 

But I think you share her too.

You came into this world, 

Just one day from a tragic anniversary.

And I closed my eyes

Thanking God for this precious opportunity.

And I hoped,

I could give you all that you'd demand.

And I shed a tear to thank my God for the gift within my hands,

And I wondered, if you'd take these words and make them all your own,

And I'd tried to straighten up this world that you now call your home.

And I'd prayed that everyday

He'd keep watch over you

Like I do.


It's been a long time now since we've brought you to your home.

The memory of that day tugs the heart that you now own.

I lay away some nights as you drift into the depth.

And when you open ocean-blue eyes I try to catch my breath.

And I hope I can give you

All that you demand

And I close my eyes and thank my God for the gift within my hands.

And I wonder if you'll take these words and make them all your own.

And I know you'll brighten up this world that you now call your home,

And I pray that everyday He'll keep watch over you

Like I Do.


 Recorded @ Nieman Sound, Spokane Washington

 Engineered & mixed by Bill Nieman and Dan Conrad

 Produced By Nate Schierman, Dan Conrad and Bill Nieman

 Mastered at Yorktown Digital Works, Phil York and Jose Volante

 Drums by Bobby Hattenburg, Acoustic/keys/Piano by N Schierman

 Add'l guitars by Dan Conrad, Bass Guitar by Sammy Hudson

 (Sammy appears courtesy of Eleven Seven Music and Everclear)

www.theblackdoves.com or www.myspace.com/theblackdovesusa


4. Ten Things To Do If I Live (4:33) 

© 2007 CAPT Michael Del Palazzo, Marine Corps, Fallujah, Iraq 

(3rd place Afghan/Iraq)


I can only imagine

There's no way

Anywhere but here


Craziest shit I've ever seen

There's no way

I'll ever leave in one piece


I can only imagine

You're glued to the TV

That goddamned TV


So I ask to be taken 

Anywhere but here

So I ask to be taken

Anywhere

Anywhere but here


So I ask to be taken

Anywhere but here


A thousand promises to God

Just anywhere but here

Convinced I swear I know

But never say

The worst of my fears


So I ask to be taken 

Anywhere but here

So I ask to be taken

Anywhere

Anywhere but here


So I ask to be taken

Anywhere but here


A quiet lull in all this noise

I've made a list

Things to do if I live


There's no way

There's no way

There's no way

from here


All music and lyrics written & performed by Michael Del Palazzo

Drums & additional mixing by James Robinson

P 2007 Effected Music


5. Universal Soldiers (4:57) 

© LT COL Billy G. Roberson, Jr., Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB 

(2nd place Hip Hop/Rap)


Yea do I walk through the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For thou are with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me


We come from different cultures, background and races

Stand to defend our country by God’s graces

Took and oath of faith and everyday respect it

Against enemies foreign and domestic

Made a choice to serve, no mental reservation

Live and die in defense of a great nation

My faith is solid, no one can challenge 

I do this for my freedom, loved ones and family


So I, never lose focus, never go astray 

Never ever falter, no matter what they say

Always stay the course, while enemies are plotting

Sacrifice and pray that we are not forgotten

Sacrifice our lives, our families feel the pain

Carry on without you, so that it’s not in vain

We stand for truth, justice glory

Until it’s written and read, this is My Military Story


Chorus

Proud professionals, leaders, servicemen

Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen

We travel worldwide, some never make it back

Serve across the world, Europe to Iraq

We do our missions freely, service before self

Strive to make a difference and pray to God it helps

This is a special calling, I’ve got no regrets

We stand steadfast until our last breath


Its’ O’ dark thirty, you know the saying man

My bags are all packed; it’s time to leave again

Six months to a year in the sandbox

Ten hours in the air before my first stop

This is the hard part, my families at the gate

Transportation’s broke, so we have to wait

Family’s heartbroken, and I can see the tears

I play it strong and hold them till they disappear


So I, always say I love you before the doors close

Holidays I missed, I send a red rose

Message to my kids, call my loved ones

Keeps me grounded, until my work is done

For those that came before me, those that have to follow

Many see it through, some never see tomorrow

This is my message, so you don’t have to worry

You’re not forgotten, we remember, Your Military Story


Chorus


Some ask me why I serve and if I had a choice

I took my oath, spoke clearly with my own voice

No second thoughts considered, when I said my name

To bear true faith and allegiance to the same

Nobody forced our hands, we all volunteered

Protectors of the nation, some people think it’s weird

That’s why we never falter, no matter what the cost

We stand and fight for our freedom so it won’t be lost


So I, never lose focus, never go astray 

Never ever falter, no matter what they say

Always stay the course, while enemies are plotting

Sacrifice and pray that we are not forgotten

Sacrifice our lives, our families feel the pain

Carry on without you, so that it’s not in vain

We stand for truth, justice glory

Until it’s written and read, this is My Military Story


Chorus


This song is dedicated to our military servicemen and women across the great nation and around the world. We understand the sacrifices that you make day in and day out. For those we have lost, you are not forgotten. We will remember you forever. Dismissed!


Written and Performed by:  Billy G. Roberson, Jr.

Music Produced by B Rob Productions


6. My Life, Live Free (3:58) 

© LT COL Billy G. Roberson, Jr., Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB (

1st place Hip Hop/Rap)


Yep, I’m feeling it; it’s time to chill a bit

Take a load off, just for a little bit

Lean back, lean low and all that

Hip-hop died last night so I could bring it back

Time to set it straight and let it perculate

Ya’ll do your thug thizzle, while I marinate

Fast cars, fast times so let me be

That’s how I do it, My Life, Live Free


It’s My Life Yeah (My Life, My Life—all day, all night) 

My Life (My Life, My Life—no stress, no strife)

It’s My Life Ooh (My Life, My Life—all day, all night) 

My Life (My Life, My Life—that’s right, its’ my life)


Top of the morning, stretch and yawning

Cheese omelet with grits before I fall in

I make moves son, my homies calling

Ain’t no plans for the day because we balling

Smooth as silk to the hilt, they call me daddy

We rolling deep in my drop top caddy

I keep the vibe going, check the melody

Ya’ll got to feel it My Life, Live Free


It’s My Life Yeah (My Life, My Life—all day, all night) 

My Life (My Life, My Life—no stress, no strife)

It’s My Life Ooh (My Life, My Life—all day, all night) 

My Life (My Life, My Life—that’s right, its’ my life)


I kept my focus, rose from the sewers to a 

Black Enterprise, entrepreneur

Never backstabbed, I didn’t cut throat

I kept producing beats, and after that I wrote

Gave no time to the haters, told me I was wack

I’m on the road to riches and never looking back

It took a life time, they started hearing me

Time waits for no one, so Live Free


It’s My Life Yeah (My Life, My Life—all day, all night) 

My Life (My Life, My Life—no stress, no strife)

It’s My Life Ooh (My Life, My Life—all day, all night) 

My Life (My Life, My Life—that’s right, its’ my life)


Written and Performed by:  Billy G. Roberson, Jr.

Music Produced by B Rob Productions


7. Ask Me To (3:44) 

© CAPT Steve Wilson, Air Force, Randolph Air Force Base, TX 

(1st place Pop/Rock/Alt/R&B, Grand Prize Winner)


So was it worth it?

And do you look back happy with the choices you made?

The pages filled with memories and ink already dry

Do you second-guess your character and stop to wonder why?

And all my failings and every moment, I'd rewrite if I could

Can we push beyond our history and empty out your heart?

Can we separate the lessons learned from what tears us apart?


 Pre-Chorus

So take this as a warning,

Listen as I say: I'd wrap my arms around the world and spin the other way.

If it meant that I could take back every time you hurt, 

I'd use my tears upon your heart to wash away the dirt.


Chorus:

If your heart wouldn't beat I'd give you mine.

Without a second thought.

And if it was within my reach I'd turn back time.

I wouldn't mind reliving this with you.

If only you would, Just ask me to.


We've made it this far

And through the darkness we've stumbled and we've fell.

And getting to my feet again, you've offered out your hand.

In spite of our intentions life does't always go as planned.


I'm far from perfect, and how you know it 

and love me any way.

Sometimes I live inside my head,

And tear myself apart.

You've pushed beyond my shallowness and filled an empty heart.


Pre-Chorus


Chorus


 Recorded @ Nieman Sound, Spokane Washington

 Engineered & mixed by Bill Nieman and Dan Conrad

 Produced By Nate Schierman, Dan Conrad and Bill Nieman

 Mastered at Yorktown Digital Works, Phil York and Jose Volante

 Drums by Bobby Hattenburg, Acoustic/keys/Piano by N Schierman

 Add'l guitars by Dan Conrad, Bass Guitar by Sammy Hudson

 (Sammy appears courtesy of Eleven Seven Music and Everclear)

www.theblackdoves.com or www.myspace.com/theblackdovesusa


8.  I Can't Wait To Love You (3:26) 

© Jill Charles, Army, Ft. Hood, Texas 

(1st place Patriotic/Inspirational/Worship, 3rd place Grand Prize)


Someone came to tell me

You wouldn't be in My Arms

I knew that i could make it through

But it sure would be so hard

Because our love has been so strong

And stood the storms of life

No matter what the future holds

The Lord will make it all right


CHORUS:

I can't wait to love you

for the rest of my life

I will cherish every moment here

With you by my side

We're only passing through this world

So I'll make the most of this time

My darling I will love you

Love always your wife


I hated knowing you'd be gone

And missing all that's home

The kids and I, family and friends

Praying while your gone

Fighting for our freedom there

And knowing God's with you

Gives me hope to carry on

So I can make it through


CHORUS


CHORUS

MY darling I will love you

Oh Oh

MY darling I will love you

Oh Oh

MY darling I will love you

Love always your wife


All Rights Reserved © P by Jill Charles

Vocals: Jill Charles

Guitar: Matt Goss, worship leader of Lancaster County Bible Church in Manheim,PA.

"I dedicate this song to my best friend the love of my life, SSG Robert Charles US Army."



9.  Different Side (4:07) 

©2007 PO2 Frankie Cleary, Navy, USS John Stennes 

(2nd place Pop/Rock/Alt/R&B)


I’m sorry what’d you say

I can never hear right

I’ve been so distracted these days 

If you could see through my eyes

Then maybe you’d see me a little bit differently

I don’t need your fake sympathy for me to feel like


I, I kinda wanna scream out loud that

I, I wanna escape the crowd and


Everyone here will try and make some sense of this and

Everyone will ask me why and what’s the point of it and

Everyone here must know my current state of mind

Everyone here can see I have a different


Side, side, I have a different

Side, side, I have a different side


I’m sorry I couldn’t give

Everything you needed from me

This is no way to live

So deep in secrecy and

Maybe you need me to live a life I just can’t lead

Or be someone I just can’t be and that’s why


I, I kinda wanna scream out loud that

I, I wanna escape the crowd and


Everyone here will try and make some sense of this and

Everyone will ask me why and what’s the point of it and

Everyone here must know my current state of mind

Everyone here can see I have a different


Side, side, I have a different

Side, side, I have a different


And everyone wants to feel like they're apart of it

And no one's acting real they're not so different

I’m sorry I couldn’t find a way to live life without my

Different, different, without my different side


And everyone here

And everyone here

Everyone here will try and make some sense of this and

Everyone will ask me why and what’s the point of it and

Everyone here must know my current state of mind

Everyone here can see I have a different


Side, side, I have a different

Side, side, I have a different side

I have a different

I am different


© P2007 FrankieCleary 

Dedicated to those I lost, loved, missed, met & befriended on this six year journey


10. 100 Feet Short Of Being A Texan (3:36) 

© COL Curtis Goho, Army, Grafenwohr Training Area, Germany 

(3rd place Folk/Bluegrass/Country)


Fields of blue bonnets everywhere] see

Out front Texas longhorns underneath a mesquite tree

I watch that Texas sunset from my porch and it makes me cry 

Cause I live on the wrong side of that Texas state line


CHORUS: Cause,

I'm a hundred feet short of being a Texan

Living on the wrong side of that state line

If i only lived a hundred feet in the other direction

I'd be Texas born and bred and I'd be fine

But instead I find i'm outside looking in on the Lone Star State 

By a little trick of geography I've been dealt one hell of a fate 

I'm a hundred feet short of being a Texan

Living on the wrong side of that state line



Like my neighbors I wear cowboy hats and drive old pick up trucks

We waik the same and we talk the same but I'm stili out of luck 

'Cause they've got something I ain't got and it's a doggone shame 

On their address they can put "Texas" right after their name


CHORUS


Well when those Sons of the Alamo laid the border down

And drew that Texas state line right there on the ground

I understand why they stopped at the Rio Grande

Ah but in these parts why couldn't they took just a hundred feet more land


CHORUS


Might as well be a hundred miles


All rights reserved © P COL Curtis Goho


11. Sento Nel Core (3:07) 

© SSG Erik Burch, National Guard, Vancouver, WA 

(1st place Instrumental)

Original music, guitars, synth, vocals and recording by SSG Erik Burch

 http://soundclick.com/libertyexpires
Ambience provided by ERH (Eric of Freesound project)
Lyrics: Unknown  Italian Poet /  first used in a setting by 
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)


12. If Tomorrow Were A Dream (4:26) 

© SSG Greg Pitchford, National Guard, CBHCO Medical Sacremento, CA 

(2nd place Folk/Bluegrass/Country, 2nd place Grand Prize)


Every road they've traveled, Has been a constant battle

With the IED's and RPG's, KIA's everyday it seems

The country our granddad's fought for, Isn't the same they died for 

When will we just all, Agree on one thing


Chorus

If tomorrow were a dream, 

The world would live in harmony 

Between the countries of today, 

Wars would be of yesterday

If tomorrow were a dream, 

Martin Luther King would be 

Standing here with me, 

Color wouldn't mean a thing


Our soldiers fight in foreign lands, 

Just doing they're jobs for Uncle Sam

They may not work from 9 to 5, 

And they don't get paid for overtime

Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, 

There those that just don't give a dam

And it's hard to say who wrong or right, 

When you see the news every single night

But I know there's been some fans of mine, 

Who have paid the price first hand and died

And if you ask their families, 

They'd say the cost of freedom far from free


Chorus


We continue to fight for freedom, 

While arguing over the reasons

While many criticize us, 

It's the politics that divides us.

The soldiers of the Red, White and Blue: 

May not be from Park Avenue

But they fought and died for freedom, 

They fought for me and you

And I know there's been some fans of mine,

 Who have paid the price firsthand and died

And if you ask their families, 

They'd say ther-cost of freedom far from free


Chorus


The soldiers of the Red, White and Blue, 

May not be from Park Avenue


All rights reserved © P SSG Greg Pitchford

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Other winning song lyrics------


 Soldier

My day starts early every morning

Just before the crack of dawn

I have to suit up and get ready

Because the fighting carries on

M¥ heart beats and my hands are shaking

I m not afraid to say I'm scared

I wont forget all of my brothers

The ones that fought beside me there


The flag I proudly wave

It's your life that I save

And you don't even care

The pain that we go through

All protecting you, and I don't

think it's fair


There is no cure for the way I feel    (switch the 1st two lines for better form)

All I do is wonder why

The breaking point is coming slower

With each and every man that's killed

I know it's left up to the Lord

About the outcome of this war

We know just what we're fighting for

But I can't take the pain no more


The flag I proudly wave

It's your life that I save

And you don't even care

The pain that we go through

All protecting you, and I don't

I don't think its fair

think it's fair


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When I Came Home


When I came home, 

There were no trumpets to be heard,

In a hospital room,

I woke up screaming, sterile white


And he said to me, don't worry, everything's gonna be alright

And he said to me, you're hurting, but you can't give up the fight,

and I wondered how he knew my name that night, 

then it came to me in plain sight.


When I came home

the world was different, cold as ice

I searched alone, 

for something familiar, jaded life


And he said to me, don't worry, everything's gonna be alright,

And he said to me, you're hurting, but you can't give up the fight

and i wondered how he knew my name that night,

then it came to me in plain sight


when I came home, 

I found the music I'd been missing,

I write alone, a simple memoir of my history, 

when I came home...


When I came home,

There were a billion Stars to see,

In a crowded room,

I heard a single prayer for me


And he said to me, Don't worry, everything's gonna be alright,

And he said to me, you're hurting, but you can't give up the fight, 

and I wondered how he knew my name that night

then it came to me in plain sight


When I came home, 

I found the music I'd been missing

I write alone, a simple memoir of my history

when I came home this time.


--


Universal Soldier


Intro: Yea do I walk through the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For thou are with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me


Verse 1

We come from different cultures, background and races

Stand to defend our country by God’s graces

Took and oath of faith and everyday respect it

Against enemies foreign and domestic

Made a choice to serve, no mental reservation

Live and die in defense of a great nation

My faith is solid, no one can challenge 

I do this for my freedom, loved ones and family


Bridge

So I, never lose focus, never go astray 

Never ever falter, no matter what they say

Always stay the course, while enemies are plotting

Sacrifice and pray that we are not forgotten

Sacrifice our lives, our families feel the pain

Carry on without you, so that it’s not in vain

We stand for truth, justice glory

Until it’s written and read, this is My Military Story


Chorus

Proud professionals, leaders, servicemen

Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen

We travel worldwide, some never make it back

Serve across the world, Europe to Iraq

We do our missions freely, service before self

Strive to make a difference and pray to God it helps

This is a special calling, I’ve got no regrets

We stand steadfast until our last breath


Verse 2

Its’ O’ dark thirty, you know the saying man

My bags are all packed; it’s time to leave again

Six months to a year in the sandbox

Ten hours in the air before my first stop

This is the hard part, my families at the gate

Transportation’s broke, so we have to wait

Family’s heartbroken, and I can see the tears

I play it strong and hold them till they disappear


Bridge

So I, always say I love you before the doors close

Holidays I missed, I send a red rose

Message to my kids, call my loved ones

Keeps me grounded, until my work is done

For those that came before me, those that have to follow

Many see it through, some never see tomorrow

This is my message, so you don’t have to worry

You’re not forgotten, we remember, Your Military Story


Chorus

REPEAT


Verse 3

Some ask me why I serve and if I had a choice

I took my oath, spoke clearly with my own voice

No second thoughts considered, when I said my name

To bear true faith and allegiance to the same

Nobody forced our hands, we all volunteered

Protectors of the nation, some people think it’s weird

That’s why we never falter, no matter what the cost

We stand and fight for our freedom so it won’t be lost


Bridge

So I, never lose focus, never go astray 

Never ever falter, no matter what they say

Always stay the course, while enemies are plotting

Sacrifice and pray that we are not forgotten

Sacrifice our lives, our families feel the pain

Carry on without you, so that it’s not in vain

We stand for truth, justice glory

Until it’s written and read, this is My Military Story



Chorus

REPEAT



Outro:

This song is dedicated to our military servicemen and women across the great nation and around the world. We understand the sacrifices that you make day in and day out. For those we have lost, you are not forgotten. We will remember you forever. Dismissed!

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It's Not Your Turn to Cry


How could you hurt me so

Just when I thought I had it all You just let me go

You dido't even let me know No one needs to know now Exactly how I felt

I see your head in your hand now And I just say to myself


It's not you turn to cry

I've wasted all these tears

For a love I thought would never disappear I may have had my doubts

They never seemed to die

You shouldn't sit around and wonder why It's not your turn to cry


Was it something that I did Was it something that I said Was it all a big mistake

All these questions in my head


No one needs to know now Exactly how I felt

I see your head in your hand now And I just say to myself


It's not you turn to cry

I've wasted all these tears

For a Jove I thought would never disappear I may have had my doubts

They never seemed to die

You shouldn't sit around and wonder why It's not your turn to Cty


It's not you turn to cry

I've wasted all these tears

For a love I thought would never disappear I may have had my doubts

They never seemed to die

You shouJdn't sit around and wonder why It's not your turn to cry (3x's)

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