**[Intro — military snare, low acoustic guitar, distant harmonica]**
**[Verse 1]**
Mama kissed my forehead
Daddy shook my hand
Said, "Son, you carry home with you
When you march for this land"
The bus rolled out at sunrise
Flags in every yard
We were boys with borrowed courage
Trying to look hard
**[Pre-Chorus — drums rise, guitar strums wider]**
And the preacher said a prayer
By the county line
Some came home in daylight
Some came home in pine
**[Chorus]**
We were the boys of the red, white, and blue
Mud on our boots and the sky burning through
Brothers in fire, hearts aimed true
We stood for the red, white, and blue
**[Instrumental Break]**
**[Verse 2]**
Rain came down like bullets
On a foreign hill
Letters in our pockets
Names we whisper still
Johnny sang of Georgia
Ray dreamed Tennessee
I kept a faded picture
Of who I used to be
**[Pre-Chorus — quieter, almost spoken]**
When the jungle went silent
You could hear men pray
Not for glory, not for medals
Just to see one more day
**[Chorus]**
We were the boys of the red, white, and blue
Mud on our boots and the sky burning through
Brothers in fire, hearts aimed true
We stood for the red, white, and blue
**[Instrumental Solo — soaring electric guitar shredding]**
**[Bridge — fnare only]**
Raise it high
For the ones who fell
Ring that bell
Let the whole world tell
Freedom ain't free
And peace ain't cheap
Some gave all
So the rest could sleep
**[Final Chorus — anthemic ending]**
We are the sons of the red, white, and blue
Scars on our hands but our hearts still true
From small-town roads to the fire we knew
We stand for the red, white, and blue
Red, white, and blue
Red, white, and blue
Brothers in fire
Hearts aimed true
**[Outro]**
Mama, don't cry
I did what I had to do
Tell them I stood
For the red, white, and blue
prlxx
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