HEALING IN ME John Nelson / Thomas Hay / Jason Hetland / Trevor Ballinger / Harold Clark / Nathan Covey / Danny Myrick / Bonnie Bishop / Jay Clementi They train you to shoot and not think twice That doesn’t work in civilian life Prescribe you Seraquil and Abilify Say see you in a month if you’re still alive They thank you for your service send you out the door Call up the doctor when you’re needing some more But the doctor don’t know what he’s talking about Guess it’s up to me to try to figure it out So I hop in the truck and take it for a ride Turn the radio up try to find some light You can’t heal the world With just one little song And I don’t feel so alone As long as I’m singing along Cause there’s something bout a beat and a melody Hits me with the truth and it sets me free And I’m feeling healing in me You know it’s hard to find yourself and reintegrate When you’re carrying the scars of your anger and hate Take away your weapon give you one last mission But there’s no such thing as a peaceful transition  You can’t heal the world With just one little song And I don’t feel so alone As long as I’m singing along Cause there’s something bout a beat and a melody Hits me with the truth and it sets me free And I’m feeling healing in me When I fall to pieces and life goes wrong Then don’t stop believing comes on You can’t heal the world With just one little song But I don’t feel so alone As long as I’m singing along Cause there’s something bout a beat and a melody Hits me with the truth and it sets me free And I’m feeling healing  Oh I’m feeling the healing in me © 2021 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) / Plan BB Music (BMI) / Cross Keys Publishing (ASCAP) /

CAN'T BELIEVE I MISS THAT SHIT John Nelson / Bonnie Bishop You got your FUBARs and your SNAFUs Your boring food and filthy boots Your SOPS and your PCCs Your additional duties and FRGs Milspeck vests and full fingered gloves And we signed up for all the above Learning the meaning of the “voluntold” Man all that stuff it gets really old But I guess the whole point of this Is I can’t believe I miss that shit Like remember the time we drove our bikes to Vegas Dressed like clowns because they made us Put on those orange and yellow safety gear You could have seen us from the stratosphere  A pack of sharpies on the interstate The desert heat hundred twenty-eight The kind of memory you think you’d hate But if you don’t know man you just wait Cause the funny thing about it Is I can’t believe I miss that shit And it’s weird  Cause you’re not supposed to feel that way But good or bad it’s those memories I think of everyday Yeah, like how about the time we got locked in the motor pool Because out of eight thousand there was one damn fool He lost his nods and they lost their minds Shit like that happened all the time They kept us there for seventy-two hours It was mass punishment from senior powers The toxic leaders and overreactions All because of some minor infractions  It felt like we were living in a pit I can’t believe I miss that shit Now irony is living in the barracks And being given a seven-million-dollar tank But you can’t have a microwave in your room That would be a dangerous mistake When the higher ups made up their dumb rules We all got drunk and acted like fools We bought a taser and zapped each other  Cause you know in the Army that’s how you bond together And I guess the whole point of this I can’t believe I miss that shit Oh, it’s weird  Cause you’re not supposed to feel that way Good or bad it’s those memories I think of every day  And it’s weird  Cause you’re not supposed to feel that way Good or bad it’s those memories I think of every day Combat is the greatest experience  Because it’s terrifying and it’s real  Stuck out in the middle of nowhere At an outpost barely an acre square And there’s mortars, bullets, and snipers galore Hell, nowadays I miss nothing more Cause you’ve never felt more alive  Than after an IED that you’ve survived And if I’d been ten steps back I’d be dead from it And I guess that’s the whole point of this I can’t believe I miss that shit Yeah I guess the whole point of this I can’t believe I still miss that shit © 2021 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) / Plan BB Music (BMI)

COMMON GROUND Nathan Covey / Jay Clementi We’ve all got more common ground than we don’t  We’re all swimming that same water, all floating that same boat We all wanna get our dance on put our pants on the same way Seems like you can’t find no common ground looking round today We’re all walking on our own path of faith  We’d all be better off if we had a touch more grace We all want to be loved and friends we can trust  We all got mommas and big plans we dream up We’ve all got more common ground than we don’t  We’re all swimming that same water, floating that same boat We all wanna get our dance on put our pants on the same way Seems like you can’t find no common ground looking round today Been feeling bitterness brewing inside me  People just not knowing the costs of being free              So many bled for the flag and paid with their youth      They did it for this country, their family, and you  We’ve all got more common ground than we don’t  We’re all swimming that same water, all floating that same boat We all wanna get our dance on put our pants on the same way  Seems like you can’t find no common ground looking round today We’ve all got more common ground than we don’t  We’re all swimming that same water, all floating that same boat We all wanna get our dance on sing a song of hope  We’ve all got more common ground than we don’t © 2021 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) / DOC Sept 19 2021

KILL THE BEAST Trevor Ballinger / Danny Myrick Green eyes lurking in the shadows Waiting on me to fall asleep Combat load couple hundred rounds of ammo All fueled up on hate and nicotine   You’ve been on a lifelong mission I think it’s time you learn the truth Better pray to your God and hope he’s listening My eyes getting bigger got my finger on the trigger Tonight I’m coming after you   This ones been a long time coming Been waiting on you my whole damn life Tormented and tired but I’m all done running Summon all the angels, prepare the feast Tonight I’m gonna kill the beast   Wanna find me a woman wanna make her my wife Have a couple kids show em my light But there’s one more thing I gotta do mamma To be everything I wanna be for you   This ones been a long time coming Been waiting on you my whole damn life Tormented and tired but I’m all done running Summon all the angels, prepare the feast Tonight I’m gonna kill the beast   There’s a man in the mirror I recognize I want to watch your dark soul leave your eyes   This ones been a long time coming Been waiting on you my whole damn life Tormented and tired but I’m all done running Summon all the angels, prepare the feast Tonight I’m gonna kill the beast Tonight I’m gonna kill the beast Tonight I’m gonna kill the beast © 2021 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) /

LIFE BEHIND BARS Harold Clark / Jay Clementi I want to show you a picture of the old me Back when the doctors couldn’t tell me one thing When I couldn’t make the hurt go away When I was hell bent on digging my own grave  Because I lost some buddies back in ‘03  I felt ashamed why was it them and not me  I hear their laughs and jokes in my ear Their voice saying hey Clark, let’s grab a beer  Now I have a new life behind bars  There’s been a reckoning in my heart  One mile at a time, I got some uphill climbs  But it’s making me stronger and stronger  This new life behind bars  Sometimes the route is straight and smooth black tar  Or windy potholed, worn out, lost roads  But I always make it home  And I’m getting stronger and stronger  I’m focused on my lane and always shifting gears Seen that summit sunrise through gratitude tears   Sometimes I’m just holding on for dear life  But I’m getting better for my son, my daughter, and my wife  I have a new, life behind bars  There’s been a reckoning in my heart  One mile at a time, I got some uphill climbs  But it makes me stronger and stronger  This new life behind bars  Sometimes the route is straight and smooth black tar  Or windy potholed, worn out, lost roads  But I always make it home  And I’m getting stronger and stronger  It’s just a piece of metal, some spokes and a couple wheels  But I can’t put a price on the way it makes me feel  Somehow it turned my life around  And it takes me to a place where I can heal  I have a new, life behind bars  There’s been a reckoning deep in my heart  One mile at a time, I got some uphill climbs  And it makes me stronger and stronger  This new life behind bars  Sometimes the route is straight and smooth black tar  Or windy potholed, worn out, lost roads  But it always takes me home  And I’m getting stronger and stronger  Stronger and stronger  © 2021 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) / Doc Sept 19 2021

MY AMERICA Jason Hetland / Danny Myrick My America is sandy blonde hair and green eyes Three little girls that are all mine Taught to do right by their last name   My America Picks somebody up when they fall Knows every damn name on that wall Who they left behind Who laid it all on the line for—   My America It’s the kinda place that we all love We don’t see color When we all bleed red and the white and blue That’s why I fought for you and My America We try to make room for every one of us We all get a shot If we wanna work hard in the home of the Stars and Stripes It’s a helluva life My America   My America Is a room full of gold star families Giving them everything they ever need Hell, they ain’t even gotta ask   In my America We can come together and feel free To agree even if it’s just to disagree respectfully That’s how I wanna be in—   My America It’s the kinda place that we all love We don’t see color When we all bleed red and the white and blue That’s why I fought for you and My America We try to make room for every one of us We all get a shot If we wanna work hard in the home of the Stars and Stripes It’s a helluva life My America   Bowing your head don’t seem like a lot to ask Man, remove your hat And think about the ones The daughters and the sons who never made it back Every time they wave that flag In my America   My America We try to make room for every one of us We all get a shot If we wanna work hard in the home of the Stars and Stripes It’s a helluva life In my America Yeah, that’s my America   © 2021 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) / Deluge Music/Songs Of Shady Grove/BMI   Add this:?? Jason Hetland Rodeo Round Up/ASCAP

TWO LITTLE HANDS Thomas Hay / Bonnie Bishop I’ve seen death More than a thousand times But the one that haunts me now Is my own child I couldn’t cry The day we buried her I guess all that war just made me numb The miracle  Of life we made So perfect and so still And if that don’t make you Believe in God Then nothing ever will Two little hands Tattooed on my chest Remind me of how far you’ve come And how much we’ve been blessed They said you didn’t stand a chance But day by day you fought your fight And made us understand The miracle  Of life we made Is the prayer we’re praying still And if that don’t make you Believe in God Then nothing ever will The miracle  Of life we made Is the prayer we’re praying still And if that don’t make you Believe in God Then nothing ever will   Like two little hands Two little hands © 2021 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) / Plan BB Music (BMI)

EMOTION NO MORE Harold Clark / Nathan Covey / John Nelson / Thomas Hay / Jason Hetland / Trevor Ballinger / Jay Clementi Listening to my earbuds puts me in a different world   Songs about amen and finding the perfect girl  Music unlocks the truth in me  Opens up my heart and it sets me free I ain’t afraid of emotion no more  I ain’t afraid of emotion no more  Not caring what they think is the key   To the door to be so much more  I ain’t afraid of emotion no more  I was living with a heart growing colder  Letting go takes the weight off my shoulders   Back to bare feet and my old soul Mudding dually trucks and smoking a big bowl I ain’t afraid of emotion no more  I ain’t afraid of emotion no more  Not caring what they think is the key   To the door to be so much more  I ain’t afraid of emotion no more  I ain’t afraid of emotion no more  I ain’t afraid of emotion no more  Not caring what they think is the key   To the door to be so much more  I ain’t afraid of emotion no more  © 2021 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) /

FIRE OF THE FLASH Trevor Ballinger / Milton King / Raymond Moore / Amy Speace From the fire of the flash I feel the heat of the past Getting out of the blast And moving on I don’t have control And I’ve gotta let it go The harder I fight it The less I grow I refuse to go back I removed the mask And I watched it all disappear It was hard getting here living with the fear The fire of the flash From this point on I am standing strong Found the peace within calm Where I belong From the heat of this flame I’m not the same We all can change Don’t get me wrong I refuse to go back so I’ll remove the mask And watch it all disappear It was hard getting here living the fear The fire of the flash So I’ll make a pledge To this new oath I accept It’s my next step Toward being free I refuse to go back into the embers of the ash So I watch them all disappear It was hard getting here living with the fear And the fire of the flash