Two Soldiers - Blue Highway

We show up every morning

Our uniforms are pressed

All spit and polish, we have to look our best

This message that we carry

Is a heavy load to bear

For those who pay the price with sacrifice

We have to show we care

Everybody has a duty, a way they can shine

The ones who go over there

And those who stay behind

Some ain’t coming back, reality is grim

It’s up to me and Sergeant Jack

To break the news to them

We’re the two soldiers no one wants to see

In a plain black sedan

Rolling slowly down the street

Past the toys and the bikes

Beneath the maple trees

Where fading yellow ribbons

Wave gently in the breeze

A loved one’s in a better place

They won’t be back no more

Now there’s two soldiers at the door

Sometimes they see us coming

And fall down on their knees

Tears are overflowing

Crying no, God, please.

Sometimes they just stand there, silent as a stone

With no surprise in their eyes

Like they knew it all along

See the soldiers on the tarmac, ready to deploy

Husbands and wives with little girls and boys

Say a silent prayer they all come back alive

And never see Jack and me pull up in their drive