Because Of The Brave

BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE

 IN THE SPRING OF 1775

 THEY LEFT THEIR HOMES AND LIVES BEHIND

 TO FIGHT FOR LIBERTY, AGAINST TYRANNY

 FROM CONCORD DOWN TO VALLEY FORGE THROUGH HELLISH HEAT AND FREEZING STORMS

THEY USED THEIR BLOOD TO WRITE OUR HISTORY AND PASSED INDEPENDENCE ON TO YOU

AND ME 

CHORUS 

 IT'S THE HOME OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE BECAUSE OF THE SELFLESS

SACRIFICE THAT OTHERS MADE THEY RISK THEIR LIVES AROUND THE WORLD

 TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE

 IT'S THE HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE 

 GRANDPAW FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR TWO

 AND PLANTED THE OLE RED WHITE AND BLUE

 ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA IN FORTY-FIVE

 AND DAD HE SAW WAR AT IT'S WORST

 IN VIETNAM WITH THE HUNDRED AND FIRST

 AND I THANK GOD HE MADE IT BACK ALIVE

 BUT HE LOST BROTHERS ON HIS LEFT AND RIGHT 

CHORUS 

 IT'S THE HOME OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE BECAUSE OF THE SELFLESS

SACRIFICE THAT OTHERS MADE THEY RISK THEIR LIVES AROUND THE WORLD

 TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE

 IT'S THE HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE 

BRIDGE 

 FATHER'S, MOTHER'S, DAUGHTER'S, SON'S 

 WHEN FREEDOM COMES UNDER THE GUN

 THEY STEP UP WITHOUT EVEN THINKING TWICE 

 THROUGH THE AIR ON THE LAND AND SEA 

 THEY DON'T BACK DOWN 'CAUSE THEY BELIEVE 

 THAT ANYTHING WORTH HAVING HAS A PRICE 

 William G Schlappe, Frank Joseph Myers

 William Patrick McKnight