Pat Tillman Tribute

from Brave Americans by Lopker

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The truth will always be
The first causality of war
They'll look you in the eye
And stick the facts in a drawer
They'll tell how much
Your soldier was adored
Then fold another flag
As you wonder "what for?"

Patrick Tillman
Patrick Tillman
Joined the Army
With his brother Kevin
They joined to protect us
From another 911
Those two Army Rangers
Learned to shoot and kill
Fighting in Afghanistan
Where Pat died up on that hill

Pow Pow Pow
Pat Tillman's effin dead
Killed by friendly fire
But that's not what they said
They made Pat a poster boy
For innocent recruits
Trading Chinese sneakers
For U.S. Army boots

Patrick Tillman
Patrick Tillman
Cut down by friendly fire
In the prime of his youth
But fratricide don't sound so good
So they hid the ugly truth
Pentagon public relations
Old men on rocking horses
Protecting the image
Of the United States Armed Forces

Pow Pow Pow Pat
Tillman's effin dead
Killed by friendly fire
But that's not what they said
They made Pat a poster boy
For newbie recruits
Trading virgin T-shirts
For bloody khaki suits

They burned Pat's uniform
And burned his body armor
They even burned the notebook
Of the man they claimed to honor

The truth will always be
The first causality of war
They'll look you in the eye
And stick the facts in a drawer
They'll tell how much
Your soldier was adored
Then fold another flag
As you wonder "what for?"

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from Brave Americans, released July 26, 2021

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Welcome. I like to make songs. Not autobiographical. Just for fun. Songs about current events and human values.

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