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Home of the Brave

by Darrell Elmer Rodgers

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This is a Veterans' Day tribute to homeless and disabled Veterans who still struggle just to get by. Please, never forget them. Surely, this is a cause worthy of collective action and tax dollars.

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Home of the Brave - Lyrics and Music by Darrell Elmer Rodgers
Copyright 2020 Darrell Elmer Rodgers

~1~
There's a Veteran sitting in an old wheel chair,
in a waiting line for intensive care,
when he reaches the front there's no one there,
who even knows his name.

But he checks himself in anyway,
hoping for some relief today,
from the pain that just won't go away
and we all share the blame.

Chorus:
Maybe we forgot or just don't know,
the price he paid those many years ago.
We'd help but some are too far gone to save

and nothing is for free
nothing is for free
nothing is for free in the home of the brave.

Home of the brave
Home of the brave
we're taught to sing that proudly
from the cradle to our grave
but nothing is for free
in the home of the brave.

~2~
With a bag of pills he's back on the street
Another day waiting, with nothing to eat
And the pain's still there down in his feet
As evening brings its chill

So he rolls himself to the city park
To his hiding place back in the dark
That war sure did leave its mark
on a soul that's fighting still

repeat Chorus

~Bridge + end~
When we see the fate of veterans
our elderly and lame
It's a wonder how we think that we
won't end up the same

And the rich keep getting richer
while the working man complains
shouting slogans written by
the rich who hold their reins

There's a Veteran dying in an old wheel chair,
in a waiting line for intensive care,
when he reaches the end there's no one there,
who even knows his name.

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released November 8, 2020
All Music, Lyrics, recording and audio production is by Darrell Elmer Rodgers at the "darrellsongs Studio" in Las Cruces, NM

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Darrell Elmer Rodgers is a veteran singer-songwriter. He has been called the Bard of the Baby-Boomers for songs that celebrate his generation's life and times.

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