By Samuel Shoemaker

America, how sweet the sound
Of a balmy, sun-soaked stream
So I can lay down and bathe these wounds

Hold me softly as I come back to your shores
And gently touch my mask
For I am fragile, I am empty, just believe

Semper Fidelis until the death

I saw what you did when they came back from Vietnam
You silly, little child
God forgave you, for you knew not what you’d done

I have not forgotten when I held your bloody hand
As you fought with all your might
Father save him and gently take him all the way home
Safely guide him ever love us, heart so broken

Faith was weeping when I walked in to the room
Two more weeks and you would have made it home
Right beside her is where I’ll always stand

Right beside you is where I’ll always stand
Right beside you ’til the very end

America, how sweet the sound
Of my home so far away
Right beside you is where I’ll always be

Semper Fidelis until my death
Semper Fidelis until my death