For those who died in muddy fields
or pressed on through the jungle
or those that fought up rocky hills
and found eternal slumber
They served, some died
they knew the deal
that blood secures our time
that freedom’s bells will peal
But now we cannot stand alone
apart from one another
we have to help each other up
as sisters and as brothers
A house divided cannot stand
a lesson paid in blood
we’ll have to learn another time
if we betray their trust
For those who served and only wept
instead of being buried
Who wait and wonder if
we forgot why they stood for us
We need to pay them back in coin
that only patriots earn
with unity and loyalty
to the Union that they served