[00:00.00]Frightened by the tone of a 'phone in the dead of night
[00:23.86]Then staring into darkness and praying 'til the morning light
[00:30.90]The price already paid
[00:34.09]A son gone to the grave
[00:37.63]Now the sorrowful parade to the riverbank
[00:44.03]Must be half the county come down to the riverbank
[00:51.20]High school is closed
[00:52.87]Same for the local police
[00:57.46]Shall we tearfully embrace?
[01:00.75]Shall we sing "Amazing Grace"?
[01:04.20]Will the shallow waters bring us peace?
[01:11.07]Army dude, only son, nowhere to run, no-one to turn to, he turns to the gun
[01:17.78]It's a cross, it's a stone, it's a fragment of bone
[01:21.13]It's a long walk home, a long walk home
[01:30.74]Gonna be a long walk home from the riverbank
[01:57.82]Is there any reason why the black pine should not weep?
[02:04.33]Is there a woman or a man who wouldn't understand why he could not sleep?
[02:11.03]And the nightmares when they came
[02:14.83]Like poison to the brain
[02:17.95]Reminded him again life is cheap
[02:24.62]Army dude, only son, nowhere to run, no-one to turn to, he turns to the gun
[02:31.32]It's a cross, it's a stone, it's a fragment of bone
[02:35.00]It's a long walk home, a long walk home
[02:44.38]Gonna be a long walk home from the riverbank
[03:16.00]Army dude's mama at the edge of the river
[03:21.99]Limp as a rag, American flag in her arms
[03:28.23]Then a triangle of light kissed the red and blue and white
[03:35.00]Along the riverbank, past the dealerships and farms
[03:49.50]Army dude, only son