He carries a photo, not on his hip but in his mind of a place back in time

He sees their faces and remembers the places

He feels the pain and the sorrow and knows there is more to come tomorrow

At night he lays and hears their screams wishing it was only a dream

 

When you see a vet on the street give him a smile and a friendly great,

let him know if he hadn’t went to settle that revolution

you wouldn’t be living by this great Constitution.

 

He left here young at heart and came back with a broken heart 

He thought the photo would leave his mind and be left far behind

but in his dreams he sees their faces and remembers all the places

He feels the pain and the sorrow for the families today and tomorrow

 

When you see a vet on the street give him a smile and a friendly great,

let him know if he hadn’t went to settle that revolution

you wouldn’t be living by this great Constitution.

 

I’m a Vet you see, my brothers and me, served in a conflict we couldn’t win 

You see they built that Wall in Washington D.C. for everyone to see 

We lost 58,479 brothers and sisters that’s why we cry

We look at the names and see the faces and try to remember the places

We carry the pain and the guilt because we can’t help but carry that photo in our mind and not on our hip

 

When you see a vet on the street give him a smile and a friendly great,

let him know if he hadn’t went to settle that revolution

you wouldn’t be living by this great Constitution.

 

We as vets walk tall and proud and we are not hard to tell from the rest

We all have taken that terrible test we carry a burden on our shoulders and on our chest for the brothers & sisters who didn’t pass the test 

We carry their photo in our mind and not on our hip and God knows they did their best and we as soldiers know the rest so when we come home this time do your best to give us a smile and a friendly greet

We are the tired soldier still on his feet

If you see tears in our eyes when we see Old Glory fly we know the price we had to pay to be free another day

 

When you see a vet on the street give him a smile and a friendly great,

let him know if he hadn’t went to settle that revolution

you wouldn’t be living by this great Constitution.

 

Written And Copyright 2003 By Jesse A Greer, Jr:

 

Jesse A Greer, Jr.

2nd Battalion 4th Marines

The Magnificent Bastards

Second To None