verse 1
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elijah was a seargant forty two years old
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from mesa arizona elijah wont grow old
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patrick was with c troop second armored cav
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his buddies all remember how patrick loved to laugh
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seth was from east brunswick just a newlywed
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somewhere in new jersey seth's young widow bows her head
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daniel was from boston shipped out from fort bragg
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his mother got back daniel with a folded flag
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oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky
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oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the heros you fly.....home
Verse
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william served in anbar combat engineer
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first marine division william is not here
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alan rebuilt bridges for batalion b
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next to cause of death they wrote the letters i.e.d.
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gussie was a scrub nurse hailing from fort bliss
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gussie had a spirit this worlds gonna miss
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jeramiah's son cries on his momma's knee
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there was no armor plating on his dad's hmmv
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oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky
Am Em G D
oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the fallen you fly
Bridge
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scrubbed wooden pallets with white straps cinched over
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long boxes of flag drapped aluminum
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the c-5 is crowded when it lands in dover
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the honor guard comes to make room again
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and again and again and again
Verse
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make it straight for nineva just like jonas wale
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holy truth you swallow over seas you sail
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sacred is your cargo precious was their gift
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offered in a sand storm from which your wings lift
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those who should take notice can't watch you set down
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behind barbed wire fences miles from their town
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no one breathes to question this silent parade
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except for the anguished loved ones left to say
Am Em G D
oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky
Am Em G D Am
oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the heros you fly.....home