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[Intro] |D |D | [Verse 1]
I was bDorn to be of service Camp LejAeune just felt like home I had hEmonor, I found purpose Sir, yes sGir GThat's what I know They sDent us to a place I never hAeard of weeks before When you're nEmineteen, it ain't hard to sleep In the dGesert on God's floor Close your eyEmes, stop counting sheep You ain't in bGootcamp anymore
[Instrumental] |D |G | [Verse 2]
We were tDaught to shoot our rifles Man and wAoman, side by side Thought we'd be mEmet as liberators In a thGousand-year-old fight I got this pDainful ringing in my ear From an AIED last night But no lEmead-lined Humvee war machine, could sGave my sergeant's life Three more sEmoldiers, six civilians Need these wGords to come out right
[Chorus]
GDod of mercy, GAod of light SEmave your children fGrom this life HDear these words, this hAumble plea For EmI have seen the sGuffering And wDith this prayer I'm hAopin' That Emwe, can be unbrGoken
[Instrumental] |D |G | [Verse 3]
It's 18 mDonths now, I've been stateside With this mAedal on my chest But there are thEmings I can't remember And there are thGings I won't forget I lDie awake at night with dreams the dAevil shouldn't see I wanna scrEmeam, but I can't breathe And Christ, I am swGeating through these sheets Where's my brEmothers? Where's my country? Where's my hGow things used to be?
[Chorus]
GDod of mercy, GAod of light SEmave your children frGom this life HDear these words, this hAumble plea For EmI have seen the sGuffering And wDith this prayer I'm hAopin' That Emwe, can be unbrDoken
[Bridge]
My sBmervice dog's done more for me Than the mGedication would There ain't no Dangel that's coming to save me But Aeven if they could
[Verse 4]
TodDay, 22 will die from suicide Just like yAesterday, they're gone I live my lEmife for each tomorrow So their memorGies will live on Once we were bDoys, and we were strangers Now we're brAothers and we're men Someday you'll Emask me, was it worth it to be of servGice in the end? Well, the blEmessing, and the curse is, yeah, I'd dGo it all again
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