Fly Fly

from SW:S May 2023, Beaver Hollow, NY by SongwritingWith:Soldiers

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FLY FLY
Lori McVicar-Peltan / Terry Radigan

Mama thought I’d be safe
Get off the streets
Let Uncle Sam
Make a man out me
So I learned to fight
Throw a grenade
Wore a gun on my hip
But I was always afraid

Cause the enemy
Wasn’t the other side
He was right next to me
And there was no place I could hide
I was fighting the war no one could see
And a piece of me died
It took all I had
Each and every day
Not to fly, fly away

They took the sun
Out of my sky
Took the light
So bright from my eyes
Then they took touch
They left me cold
Took damn near everything
But they can’t take my soul

No the enemy
Wasn’t the other side
He was right next to me
And there was no place I could hide
I was fighting a war no one could see
And a piece of me died
It took all I had
Each and every day
Not to fly, fly away

She’s somebody's mother
She’s somebody’s wife
He’s somebody’s brother
It’s somebody’s life
And I know you’re out there
Broken like me
But you’re not alone
Cause God always sees

Still it takes all we have
Each and every day
Not to fly, fly away

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from SW:S May 2023, Beaver Hollow, NY, released June 20, 2023
©2023 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) / Catherine the Great (ASCAP)

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