i took a musket ball in chancellorsville i went down and i lie here still underneath a cross of stone the world has turned and time s moved on there are seasons when it seems that everyones forgotten me til the last monday in may when all the spring time flowers bloom they came and decorate my grave but only bones lie here entombed my spirit flies as high as old glory waves on the last monday in may i fought on a distant shore in the war to end all wars world war one turn into two argonne into bellevue it s hard to rest so far from home but one day a year i m not alone the last monday in may when all the spring time flowers bloom they came and decorate my grave but only bones lie here entombed my spirit flies as high as old glory waves on the last monday in may from the jungles of vietnam to the mountains of afghanistan and whatever wars are left to be we ll fight to keep our country free chopper went down in iraq one more week and i d have made it back now my war and battle s done i rest in peace in arlington my wife is here most days with me won t you come and keep us company the last monday in may when all the spring time flowers bloom please help her decorate my grave but only bones lie here entombed my spirit flies as high as old glory waves remember all of us and the sacrifice we made on the last monday in may the last monday in may
['arkansas country', 'modern country rock', 'roots americana']