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My Little Girl |
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Her daddy was five years gone
By the time that she
was six years old
It was her and her mom, grams and her
dog Pete
In a little blue house at the end of the street
Her friends asked her what her daddy did
And You know how
it is when you're just a kid
She couldn't tell them that
she didn't know, so
She just said what she knew and told
�em
He's a soldier ridin' in planes
He's got a
painted face doesn't feel pain
And he's chasin' the sun,
dodgin' the rain and
He don't go runnin' away when it
gets tough
He's made of that stuff
That Don't let you
down, boy
No, he's a soldier
He's a soldier
10
years later after a pillow fight
Well, She and her
friends got to talkin' about life
And what they're gonna
do when they graduate
And what kind of guy they're gonna
marry
One and all of her friends said the usual stuff
You know doctors and lawyers and bankers and such
But She
didn't even bat an eye
When she started talkin' �bout her
dream guy
He's a soldier ridin' in planes
He's got
a painted face doesn't feel pain
And he's chasin' the
sun, dodgin' the rain and
He don't go runnin' away when
it gets tough
He's made of that stuff
That Don't let
you down, boy
No, he's a soldier
He's a soldier
Well, She married a guy named Mike
and they started
life
But Mike got called three years ago
She joined
the corps
To protect and serve, defend to the end
An
IMD flash, last she'd see
She beat her father
Maybe he
will meet her
If he makes it.
She's a soldier
ridin' in planes
She's got a painted face doesn't feel
pain
And she's chasin' the sun, dodgin' the rain and
She don't go runnin' away when it gets tough
She's made
of that stuff
That don't let you down, boy
No, she's a
soldier
She's a soldier |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2006
Listed
September 15, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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