Boy in a Uniform

He's there in his uniform Proud
 The picture of courage and strength
 Above the crowd
 America's pride and joy
 But his daddy still sees a little boy
 A little boy in a uniform, five years old
 ln the backyard playing war
 Dreaming of everything he could be
 In this land of the free
 Just like his old man
 Did back in Vietnam
 He was going to be a hero for sure
 A little boy in a uniform
 We all looked straight ahead
 Slowly walking, In our dress blues
 Beautiful, there was nobody talking
 The metals on our chests say it all
 A tribute to the ones we lost
 A little boy in a uniform, five years old
 In the backyard playing war
 Dreaming of everything he could be
 In this land of the free
 Just like his old man
 Did back in Vietnam
 He was going to be a hero for sure
 A little boy in a uniform
 The Sergeant hands him the flag
 After the prayer
 The other guard fires twenty one
 Rounds up in the air
 The sound of Taps brings brings
 A tear to all of us, but his dad will always see him as he was
 A little boy in a uniform, five years old
 In the backyard playing war
 Dreaming of everything he could be,
 In this land of the free
 Just like his old man
 Did back in Vietnam
 He was going to be a hero, for sure
 A little boy in a uniform
 He's there in his uniform Proud.
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