Standing Tall

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

My cousin shipped out in the spring

Boots laced tight

A photograph tucked inside his chest

Two kids and a wife

He calls when the signal holds

Static on the line

Says don't you worry bout me

Tell mama I'm fine

Pre-Chorus

So I raise my glass tonight

For the ones who can't come home

For the ones who stand the watch

While we sleep safe and warm

Chorus

Thank you for the sacrifice

Thank you for the long goodbye

Thank you for the miles you walk

Away from everything you love

Thank you

Thank you

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Thank you

Verse 2

She keeps the porch light burning low

Reads his letters twice

Prays beside a narrow bed

For a voice she memorized

The kids ask when he's coming back

She says soon enough

Every night she holds it in

And gives them all her love

Pre-Chorus

So we raise our hands tonight

For the families holding on

For the empty seat at dinner

And the strength to carry on

Chorus

Thank you for the sacrifice

Thank you for the long goodbye

Thank you for the miles you walk

Away from everything you love

Thank you

Thank you

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Thank you

Bridge

We see you

We see you

Every sunrise that you miss

Every birthday that you spend

Standing tall so we can live

Let me say it once again

Chorus

Thank you for the sacrifice

Thank you for the long goodbye

Thank you for the miles you walk

Away from everything you love

Thank you

Thank you

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Thank you