Arlington

(In honor of our Nation's birthday today, July 4, I am posting this a little early.  If you don't know this song, please go to YouTube and listen to Trace Adkins sing it.)

I never thought that this is where I'd settle down,

I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown,

They gave me this plot of land, me and some other men,

for a job well done.

There's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road,

The man inside he cried the day they brought me home,

They folded up a flag, and told my mom and dad, 'We're proud of your son'.

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property,

I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company,

I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done,

I can rest in peace, I'm one of the chosen ones,

I made it to Arlington.

I remember daddy brought me here when I was eight,

We searched all day to find out where my granddad lay,

And when we finally found that cross,

He said, 'Son this is what it cost, to keep us free'.

Now here I am a thousand stones away from him,

He recognized me on the first day I came in,

And it gave me a chill, when he clicked his heels, and saluted me.

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property,

I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company,

And I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done,

I can rest in peace, I'm one of the chosen ones,

I made it to Arlington.

And every time I hear, twenty-one guns,

I know they brought another hero home, to us.

We're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done,

We can rest in peace, 'cause we were the chosen ones,

We made it to Arlington, yea, dust to dust

Don't cry for us, we made it to Arlington.

(Photos from the Veteran's Cemetery in Hampton, VA; Letters are from the Armed Forces Memorial, Norfolk, VA; Courthouse is in my own hometown, Surry, VA; 1st flag is from Ft. Wool, Hampton, VA; 2nd set of flags from Waterside, Norfolk, VA; Old cross from St. Luke's Cemetery, Smithfield, VA; Big white house from Gordonsville, VA)

I want to thank my husband, Dan, for suggesting this song for Thursday Theme Song, and then for taking me to the Hampton Veteran's Cemetery (which I didn't even know existed) to get the photos I needed to do the song justice.  He is an absolute gem!

Linking to Thursday Theme Song