STAND UP, STAND PROUD, STAND TALL (SALUTE TO VETERANS) (c) 2013

STAND UP,  STAND TALL , STAND PROUD (A SALUTE TO VETERANS) (c) 2013

V1

MY DADDY WAS A TRUCKER

HE DROVE FROM COAST TO COAST

TRANSPORTING ALL THE GOOD THINGS

THAT PEOPLE NEED THE MOST

HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY OUT IN 'NAM

BACK IN 1972.

ITS TIME TO STAND UP AND SALUTE

THOSE WHO GAVE SO MUCH FOR ME 

AND YOU.

CHORUS:

STAND UP!

STAND TALL!!!!

STAND PROUD!!!!

YOU HAVE SERVED US WELL AND FOUGHT FOR 

ALL.

YOU'VE CONQUERED THE DARKNESS AND HATE

AND TORN DOWN THOSE BARRIERS AND WALLS.

YOU HAVE FOUGHT ON FOREIGN GROUND

ALL IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY.

YOU RISKED YOUR LIVES YOU GAVE YOUR ALL

TO SAVE AMERICA AND KEEP HER FREE.

SO LETS SHOUT IT OUT LOUD!

OH

STAND UP!

STAND TALL!!!!

STAND PROUD !!!!!

V2

OH A FRIEND OF OURS 

HIS NAME WAS JACK

LIVED IN THE ALLEY BEHIND OUR HOUSE

I'D SEE HIM EVERY DAY OUT BACK

LOOKING FOR A BITE TO EAT

WE TOOK HIM IN HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR 

THIS NO DOUBT.

WE'D TAKE HIM IN FOR DINNER

HE'D TELL STORIES OF HIS LIFE

HOW HE SERVED HIS GREAT COUNTRY

AND NOW BACK HOME 

HE'S PAYING THE PRICE.

BRIDGE: 

I TOLD HIM!

STAND UP!

STAND TALL!!

STAND PROUD!!!

YOUR SERVICE HAS MADE US ALL

SO PROUD

TO BE ABLE TO LIVE ON AS AMERICANS

TO HONOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS FLAG

AND THIS TOWN

KEEP THE FAITH

AND 

STAND UP!

STAND TALL!!

STAND PROUD!!!

CHORUS:

CHORUS:

STAND UP!

STAND TALL!!!!

STAND PROUD!!!!

YOU HAVE SERVED US WELL AND FOUGHT FOR 

ALL.

YOU'VE CONQUERED THE DARKNESS AND HATE

AND TORN DOWN THOSE BARRIERS AND WALLS.

YOU HAVE FOUGHT ON FOREIGN GROUND

ALL IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY.

YOU RISKED YOUR LIVES YOU GAVE YOUR ALL

TO SAVE AMERICA AND KEEP HER FREE.

SO LETS SHOUT IT OUT LOUD!

OH

STAND UP!

STAND TALL!!!!

STAND PROUD !!!!!

V3

NOW HE VISITS EVERY DAY.

EACH DAY WITH A DIFFERENT TALE

HE'S BEEN THROUGH SNOW, SLEET, RAIN AND HAIL.

AND SOME MIGHT EVEN ARGUE HELL.

BUT THROUGH ALL THE TOUGH TIMES

HE'S FOUGHT ON JUST FOR THIS COUNTRY TO SURVIVE.

AND NOW ITS TIME TO REPAY HIM

FOR ALL THOSE HARD, TOUGH DEMANDING TIMES.

ITS ALL WE CAN DO FOR HIM TO FLY THE FLAG

AND SHOUT IT OUT LOUD!!!

UNFURL THE FLAG!

AND 

STAND UP!

STAND TALL!!

STAND PROUD!!!

Final Bridge:

OH LETS WORK TO GIVE THE VETERANS 

THE BENEFITS THAT THEY DESERVE

BECAUSE THEY FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM

LET'S TREAT THEM FOR WHAT THEY'RE WORTH

THE ONES WHO FOUGHT TO KEEP US FREE

AND NOW ITS OUR TURN TO HELP THEM SURVIVE.

LETS UNFURL THE FLAG

AND SHOULD IT OUT LOUD!!!

STAND UP!

STAND TALL!!

STAND PROUD!!!

STAND UP! 

STAND TALL!!

STAND PROUD!!!