Lights were still on I really don't know whynI was sleeping when they came to say my boy had diednIED in Ramadi took our breath awaynit was an hour before I could think of something to saynnI knew what they wanted before the curtain snapped backnbrand new snow mixed with shoes so blackndeath in perfect step cutting across the lawnntell me how many more hours until the dawnnnEver since that night I sleep in the daynI won't close my eyes to keep the wolves at baynwho am I to go living the same old waynever since that night I sleep in the daynnIf I don't come back the Marines will comenthose are the words that came from my sonnhe said 'em with that twinkle in his eyenthen he held me close and said goodbyennFor Marines nobody gets left behindnbut that doesn't mean that a Mother's resignednto clutch this flag in my handsnand sprinkle away your grains of sandnnEver since that night I sleep in the daynI won't close my eyes to keep the wolves at baynwho am I to go living the same old waynever since that night I sleep in the daynnEverybody ends up fighting a warnand wondering what others are fighting fornsome are called and do not gonand leave to others the footprints in the snow