Thank You to Our Heros

This song has been one of my favorites for years. Today I was flipping through the channels hoping against hope that anything would be on. As I fliped to the Country channel the music stopped me. It was my favorite song. I closed my eyes and listened in contentment until the last chord rang out. The song writter, Jimmy Fortune, then started to explain the song. He was So moved by the Vietnam Memorial that he sat down and wrote this. This song is ment not only for the brave soldiers that our freedom is bought with, but for their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, grandparents, friends, anyone who was touched by their life. This is my way of saying Thank you to not only our service men, but also their families.

More Than a Name on a Wall

I saw her from a distance
As she walked up to the wall
in her hand she held some flowers
as her tears began to fall
and she took out pen and paper
as to trace her memories
and she looked up to heaven
and the words she said were these...

She said Lord my boy was special,
and he meant so much to me
and Oh I'd love to see him
just one more time you see
All I have are the memories
and the moments to recall

So Lord could you tell him,
He's more than a name on a wall..

She said he really missed the family
and being home on Christmas day
and he died for God and Country
in a place so far away

I remember just a little boy
playing war since he was three
But Lord this time I know,
He's not coming home to me

And she said Lord my boy was special,
and he meant so much to me
and Oh I'd love to see him
But I know it just can't be
So I thank you for my memories
and the moments to recall

But Lord could you tell him,
He's more than a name on a wall..

Lord could you tell him,
He's more than a name on a wall..