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With her eldest out in the field
Since the day that the orders came
And took her youngest boy away
Took him over the ocean
Like a soldier
He showed no emotion
Heâs always been special
Not just one of the crowd
Got his name in the paper
Woulda made his old man so proud
And you can see for miles around
Standing on
The shores by my little town
Thereâs a heartbeat that beating profound
You can hear it out there
You can feel it I swear
Well the restless gotta get outta this place
Those who settled search for a saving grace
You can read the stories written there on their faces
In my little town
My little town
Another fight in a war gone wrong
With all our soldiers standing big and strong
Thinking what he wouldnât say
So he talks of this girl back home
And how they made angels in the fallen snow
And weâre saving our money
To move out on our own
In a little house nearby
Sheâs gonna make it our home... someday
And you can see for miles around
Standing on
The shores by my little town
Thereâs a heartbeat that beating profound
You can feel it out there
You can hear it I swear
When I come home my girlâs gonna be surprised
Gonna slip in the back door like a dream in disguise
And weâll make love whiles sheâs lookinâ in my eyes
In my little town
My little town
Well we have a factory with idle machines
And high school heroes with their scholarship dreams
And weekend warriors who have answered the call
Whose homecomings were a surprise after all
And now that mother with her chin on her chest
Says she wishes theyâd have dressed him in his Sunday best
âcause he ainât just another soldier thatâs been laid to rest
In my little town
My little town
And his girl is still asleep upstairs
In that little house that would have been there
She wants to dream only of his stares
In my little town
My little town
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- 2005-12-21: Schubas, Chicago, IL, USA
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