Every Day is Fourth of July

Christmas of eighty-nine was a lonely time for me

Panama was probably fine but it was nothing like Tennessee

I never thought the day would come when I might have to kill a man

I did not sleep a wink that night but we won for Uncle Sam

Once I was a soldier and not afraid to die

Now I'm a little older and not afraid to cry

Everyday I'm thankful just to be alive

When you've been where I've been any kind of life

Is paradise

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