Blue Highway - Two Soldiers lyrics

(Tim Stafford-Wood Newton/Daniel House Music, BMI–Rope-a-Dope Music, BMI) We show up every morning Our uniforms are pressed All spit and polish, we have to look our best This message that we carry Is a heavy load to bear For those who pay the price with sacrifice We have to show we care Everybody has a duty, a way they can shine The ones who go over there And those who stay behind Some ain't coming back, reality is grim It's up to me and Sergeant Jack To break the news to them We're the two soldiers no one wants to see In a plain black sedan Rolling slowly down the street Past the toys and the bikes Beneath the maple trees Where fading yellow ribbons Wave gently in the breeze A loved one's in a better place They won't be back no more Now there's two soldiers at the door Sometimes they see us coming And fall down on their knees Tears are overflowing Crying “no, God, please.” Sometimes they just stand there, silent as a stone With no surprise in their eyes Like they knew it all along See the soldiers on the tarmac, ready to deploy Husbands and wives with little girls and boys Say a silent prayer they all come back alive And never see Jack and me pull up in their drive