Mike Lyrics

In a valley far away

A team of Kiowas made their way

Along a road in east Afghanistan

An Afghan man he walked along

But nothin' seemed so wrong

With the situation

As you checked him out

So you decided to move on

But a gun was quickly drawn

And the bullet with your fate was sent along

You tried to stop the bleeding

But you felt your life was fleeting

And you realized your race on earth was run

And you never really know

How or when your life will go

All you get to choose is how you live

I often wonder 'bout that man

I don't suppose he had a plan

You flew by and he decided to risk it all

He thought he had a shot

And somethin' said maybe he ought

So he made a choice that changed our lives that day

With the news of the casualty

Grief spread throughout the cavalry

We'd lost another brother to this damn war

And I sat that day in total misery

When I was told that you had passed away

And you never really know

How or when your life will go

All you get to choose is how you live

Well just two months prior

You and I flew under fire

Through the valleys of east Afghanistan

But now all I have

Are tattered photographs

Of a man I love and a hole inside my heart

And you never really know

How or when your life will go

All you get to choose is how you live

In a valley far away a team of Kiowas made their way

Along a road in east Afghanistan