Far From Home A Soldier’s Song

[Verse]

Boots caked in foreign mud

I ain't slept in three whole days

Sarge yellin through the radio

My hands won't quit the shake

Sand in every pocket

A letter crumpled in my vest

Mama wrote she's proud of me

I ain't told her bout the rest

[Pre-Chorus]

I count the miles

I count the days

I count the faces I can't save

[Chorus]

I'm a soldier far from home

Soldier far from home

Every breath a borrowed loan

I'm a soldier far from home

[Post-Chorus]

Whoa-oh

Whoa-oh-oh

[Verse 2]

Concrete barracks feel like cages

Twelve of us in one small room

Dog tags clinkin like some chains

We joke about who's next to bloom

My brother asked me what it's like

I said don't ask me son just run

He don't know what a muzzle sounds like

He don't know what I have done

[Pre-Chorus]

I count the miles

I count the days

I count the names I can't erase

[Chorus]

I'm a soldier far from home

Soldier far from home

Every breath a borrowed loan

I'm a soldier far from home

[Post-Chorus]

Whoa-oh

Whoa-oh-oh

[Bridge]

Hold the line

Hold the line

Hold the line for me

(I hold)

Hold the line

Hold the line

Hold the line for me

(I hold)

[Verse 3]

Rain hit the tin roof loud

Reminded me of my block back then

Friday nights the corner store

Cousins screamin bout the wins

Now the corner's just a trench

And the wins are just survive

I ain't prayin for a medal

I'm just prayin to arrive

[Pre-Chorus]

I count the miles

I count the days

I count the reasons I should stay

[Chorus]

I'm a soldier far from home

Soldier far from home

Every breath a borrowed loan

I'm a soldier far from home

[Post-Chorus]

Whoa-oh

Whoa-oh-oh

[Breakdown]

Far from home

Far from home

Far from home

(Far from home)