THE ARMY MAN
Don't envy an army man his medals
All those ribbons on his chest
He did not try to get them
They are not there at his request
They were earned in stinking holes
Where no man would like to go
Or in cold and wintry places
Where their's ice and only snow
He did not know he earned them
Till they were awarded at parade
And they were bright when he first got them
But in time colours fade
He was told he had to wear them
And to wear them with all pride
But when memories come to haunt him
Those same medals make him hide
Cause those medals will not bring back
All those guys he left behind
And he would trade them all forever
For a little piece of mind
So don't envy a man his medals
You dont want to take his place
Thinking back to long gone battles
And meeting dead friends face to face.
