Our Thanks Belong To You
Humble Gratitude, Proud Freedom
To the veterans amongst us: Thank you for your service defending our grand democratic experiment.
Lyrics
You raised your hand to the parchment and the creed,
To serve the Constitution, neither fear nor greed.
From Iwo’s black sand to deserts under stars,
You carried home the flag, you carried home the scars.
When storms roll in and cheap talk floods the land,
You hold your promise steady, a lighthouse on the strand.
Thank you for the years you gave, the burdens that you bore,
For bringing home the flag for us through every different war.
You kept your oath to all of us, to liberty held true,
From every heart that’s beating free, our thanks belong to you.
You bled for speech and worship, for a press that speaks its mind,
For peaceful, stubborn marches, and the jury’s oath enshrined.
Not for a throne or strongman, not for any single hand,
But equal law for all of us, the promise of our land.
When storms roll in and cheap talk floods the land,
You hold your promise steady, a lighthouse on the strand.
Thank you for the years you gave, the burdens that you bore,
For bringing home the flag for us through every different war.
You kept your oath to all of us, to liberty held true,
From every heart that’s beating free, our thanks belong to you.
Trump said heroes don’t get captured, you salute their plight,
Tump needled grieving parents, you felt grief at the slight.
Trump called the fallen suckers, refused to honor due to rain,
You still lifted up their stories, through the anger and the pain,
Held faith with every comrade, so their memory remains,
You kept the oath to The People, steady through the strain.
For every folded flag we see,
For every door with one less key,
For every right that stays alive,
You bore the weight so we could thrive.
When storms roll in and cheap talk floods the land,
You hold your promise steady, a lighthouse on the strand.
Thank you for the years you gave, the burdens that you bore,
For bringing home the flag for us through every different war.
You kept your oath to all of us, to liberty held true,
From every heart that’s beating free, our thanks belong to you.