Thank You

verse 1-
phone was ringing off the hook
call from my buddy
sayin i'll be home a week from Sunday
you better have the beer iced down
when i come around
crazy to think a year gone by
since he went off to fight

chorus-
i take my hat off to those men and women puttin their lives on the line
just so i can keep livin mine
the ones willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice
so we can sleep at night
and anybody that ever runs em down
better not run into me out on the town
i'd like to shake every last one of their hands
and say thank you
for taking that stand

verse 2-
i know it ain't easy
believe me
i've been there before
feel like deaths knocking on your door
but if they're scared they don't ever show it
know each moment is precious
so they hold it
aint no time to waste
when you're face to face
with the danger

chorus-
i take my hat off to those men and women puttin their lives on the line
just so i can keep livin mine
the ones willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice
so we can sleep at night
and anybody that ever runs em down
better not run into me out on the town
i'd like to shake every last one of their hands
and say thank you
for taking that stand

verse 3-
they deserve every bit of damn respect
they earned
to many times it goes unheard
oh

chorus-
i take my hat off to those men and women puttin their lives on the line
just so i can keep livin mine
the ones willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice
so we can sleep at night
and anybody that ever runs em down
better not run into me out on the town
i'd like to shake every last one of their hands
and say thank you
for taking that stand