He grew up with nothing He lived a nd died poor A fa ther of four He left his fa mily tempora rily For a future ba sed on words of chica nery They sa id join the Army Join the Na vy He joined the Ma rines And his children were proud But exha lta tion wa s exha usted And pa trona ge died When this expenda ble number Left his fa mily of five Imposture And a ll tha t ma n wa nted wa s To provide a better existence for His kids a nd wife An investment tha t cost himhis life A fa mily of ethics ha s... A fa ta lity of wa r ca nt be noble enough To justify the loss of life so young Continenta l security Atonement, there is no such thing There wa s no hero in the end Only letters of resent, remorse, regret Bitter resent Imposture And a ll those boys wa nted wa s To be a live, A return of existence yet So ma ny died And those who returned were a lone With nothing a wa iting a t home Aga in the hea dlines rea d "A Noble Soldier Finds A Noble Ending" They a re the ones who ca n be done without Expenda ble numbers forgotten No doubt A fa mily of ethics ha s died
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