Forgotten Hero Lyrics

I met a man with a cardboard sign

Wrinkled skin and bloodshot eyes

Untrimmed beard and matted hair

Thin legs strapped to his wheelchair

I sat with him and he told me his tale

Of his senior trip straight through the gates of hell

Said man when you were just a boy of ten

Ya know they packed me off to Vietnam where I

Made a promise to defend my constitution to the end

I vowed to serve and to protect

Hell I took that oath without regret

I fought for freedom I fought for rights

I fought for peace both day and night

For my country the home of the free

I fought for you I fought for me

Took a bullet to my spine

Still carry all the pieces that they left behind

I came home there wasn't no parade

I guess you all were just too damned afraid

Then from his pocket with his weathered hand

He pulled the flag for which he stands

I watched his chest swell up with pride

But I felt that pain he kept inside

Ya know he made a promise to defend our constitution to the end

He vowed to serve and to protect

Yeah he took that oath without regret

He fought for freedom he fought for rights

He fought for peace both day and night

For our country home of the free he fought for you he fought for me

He's a forgotten Hero…

Mmmmmm, just a forgotten hero…..