Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say
If I said that you could?

Just carry this gun,
You'll even get paid.
I said That sounds pretty good.


Black leather boots,
Spit-shined, so bright.

They cut off my hair,
But it looks alright.
We marched and we sang.

We all became friends,
As we learned how to fight.


Chorus:

A hero of war!

Yeah, that's what I'll be.
And when I come home,
They'll be damn proud of me.

I'll carry this flag;
To the grave, if I must.
'Cause it's a flag that I love

And I flag that I trust.

I kicked in the door,

I yelled my commands.
The children, they cried,
But I got my man.

We took him away,
A bag over his face,
From his family and his friends.


They took off his clothes,
They pissed in his hands.

I told them to stop,
But then, I joined in.
We beat him with guns

And batons, not just once,
But again and again.


Chorus:

A hero of war!

Yeah, that's what I'll be.
And when I come home,
They'll be damn proud of me.

I'll carry this flag;
To the grave, if I must.
'Cause it's a flag that I love

And I flag that I trust.



walked through bullets and haze.
I asked her to stop;
I begged her to stay.

But she pressed on,
So I lifted my gun
And I fired away.


And the shells
Jumped through the smoke.

And into the sand,
That the blood had now soaked,
She collapsed,

With a flag in her hand.
A flag white as snow.


Chorus:

A hero of war!

Is that what they see?
All medals and scars?
So damn proud of me.

And I brought that flag home.
Now it gathers dust.
But it's a flag that I love.
It's the only flag I trust.


He said "Son, have you seen the world
Well, what would you say
If I said that you could?