Pride Of America

There's a folded flag on a mantlepiece

A quiet prayer for a lasting peace

From the desert sands to the frozen sea

They stand the watch for you and me

They left their boots on a foreign floor

To keep the shadow from our front door

No uniform can hide the grace

Of the brave devotion in a soldier's face

And they stand like a wall in the shifting wind

The truest friends that have ever been

From the home station to the distant shore

They carry the weight of a nation's core

Yeah, the pride of America wears the boots

Giving everything for the home town roots

There's a mother waiting by the telephone

Counting down the days till her boy comes home

And a father staring at an old dress blues

Remembering the mud on his own work shoes

It ain't for the glory or the medals they wear

It's the quiet promise in the midnight air

To shield the land and to guard the free

From the rolling hills to the shining sea

And they stand like a wall in the shifting wind

The truest friends that have ever been

From the home station to the distant shore

They carry the weight of a nation's core

Yeah, the pride of America wears the boots

Giving everything for the home town roots

It's a line unbroken through the passing years

Bought with sacrifice and a mother's tears

A sacred oath that will never break

For every single breath that we get to take

Yeah, they stand like a wall in the shifting wind

The truest friends that have ever been

From the home station to the distant shore

They carry the weight of a nation's core

Yeah, the pride of America wears the boots

Giving everything for the home town roots

Yeah, look at that flag

Salute the brave

The pride of America

Long may it wave

Wear the boots