This Is Home

Stars are brighter
People are nicer
Trucks are dirtier
Life is better

Trains are louder
Work is harder
Neighbors are closer
Dinner is blessed

Words are stronger
Life is simple
Town is quieter
Roads are bent

Yes ma'am is often
Yes sir is respect
Doors are always open
And they don't ever forget

A hand over their heart
A cap on their chest
To the Stars and Stripes
And dog tags are left

Close to their heart
So where ever they go
They will know
This is home

Tears

I've seen those tears before 

I've heard those cries

Those very same tears had fallen from my eyes  

I know that feeling 

The sound of a heart breaking 

I wish that pain I had already taken 

I hate to see that same pain reoccurring 

in a life with hope and much promising 

My life was a wreck and I hated myself 

And I would never wish that upon anyone else 

What I would do to take that pain, 

And send it back to where it came 

From hell itself, the devil I despise

He comes to destroy, and fill you with lies  

Don't let him get to you my dear 

Get your word and stand right here 

And declare that you have no fear

Because the Lord holds your every tear