Three Corners on the Shelf

You said your job is freedom and liberty On that September day the towers fell Made your decision to defend them So we held you close and wished you well We held you close and then we wished you well Signed up to be all that you could be To risk it all and do what you believe To be strong enough To be good enough To care enough to leave your home Put us before yourself Three corners on the shelf We woke up safe and warm and poured the coffee The news feed said it's all worth fighting for Bullets ringing out against your Humvee You grabbed your gun and stood to fight the war You grabbed your gun and stood to fight the war To show them everything you trained to be To do it right take out the enemy To be strong enough To be good enough To care enough to leave your home Put us before yourself Three corners on the shelf But no one ever told you it would hurt No one ever said that pride and pain would both be yours No one ever said you can't forget That every day would feel like forever Forever war You made it home just like you promised to And I wish I'd seen your pain before it got to you White gloves of a color guard wrap your memory Three cornered folds of red, white and blue Three cornered folds of red, white and blue Just know that you were everything to me Just know You were strong enough You were good enough You cared enough to leave your home Put us before yourself Three corners on the shelf