"One More Soldier Coming Home" lyrics

I heard the news today
You're finally coming home
You've been gone for way too long
But you went off to war
Know what you went there for
You fought to keep our country strong

But you didn't see it coming
When you hit that battlefield running

One more soldier
Got to heaven tonight
One more hero
By the dawn's early light
We salute you
21 gun lock and load
For one more soldier coming home

Your father always said
You'd become a man
Why did ya have to go away?
Your daddy would be proud
If you were here today
Like you he chose the soldiers way

All your friends have gathered around you
And your comrades they salute you
There is!

One more soldier
Gone to heaven tonight
One more hero
By the dawn's early light
We salute you
21 gun lock and load
For one more soldier coming home

All the flags are at half mast
As they take you to your resting place
There's not a dry eye in the church
But there's still hope in your daughter's face
Hate to say it but there's

One more soldier
Gone to heaven tonight
One more hero
By the dawn's early light
We salute you
21 gun lock and load
One more soldier coming home

I heard the news today
You're finally coming home