i was 18 years old with not a care in the world
just got out of school and wanted to do some good
joined the USAF to serve my country
and to see the world
trained to do my job
and did it well
man did i love being an american soldier
all was going great
moved from base to base
all around the world
then came that fearful date
the day when you shoot or be shot
all the training in the world will never prep you for that
after all i am only a teenage boy
not even old enough to drink a beer
yet my country sends me to war
and now there is a child with no dad
and greedily all i can say
is that it could have been me
and hope that someday the nightmares go away
