Medals out of the closet

February 23, 2007

© Jeff Oxenford

They sent him off to war

Didn’t know what it was for

Taught him how to fight

And they told him it was right

So he carried our flag

Into a strange land

Did what he was told

They rewarded him with gold

 Break

So he came home

They told him he was wrong

Those that ran away

They had won the day

So he hid his gold

It didn’t matter he got it for what he was told

The past got locked away

Living in what’s right today

Break

For 30 years been locked away

Got it out of the closet for the first time today

It was right, then it was wrong

Now its displayed on the shelf where it belongs

Forgiven but not forgotten

Can get by, can live on

Always do what’s right

But never again will he fight