@@ [ Freckle Faced Soldier ] |
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Just a freckle faced soldier |
Just eighteen older |
So young, yes, so young boy |
Leaving home to fight a war |
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I'll never forget that night |
My baby left on a midnight flight |
No longer just teenage guy |
Which soldier telling sweetheart, Goodbye |
He said, Don't cry, for I come back |
We'll have time to do what we want to do |
All fight only known then but that so few |
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Just a freckle faced soldier |
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Today his first letter from Vietnam came |
It looked like a teardrop |
His photo beside my name |
He said |
Honey, I am proud of wearing this army coat |
Even if I am not quit old enough to vote |
Sake home mama where she still awaits |
Tell, "I can almost smell the bread cheese to bake |
What soldier said all right tomorrow too |
And till then I love you |
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Just a freckle faced soldier |
Just eighteen older |
So young, yes, so young boy |
Leaving home to fight a war |
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Well, tomorrow past to days |
And days into weeks on end |
And you know that boy... |
Well he never wrote again... |
They sent a medal of honor to his mam |
For all his bravery |
I know she wanted to keep it |
But you know, she gave that medal to me |
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I wear it on my heart now |
Cause it is the closest place to heaven |
And that's where he lives now |
Yes, they called him a man, a very brave man |
But he was really just a boy |
Just a freckle faced soldier |
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