Through the night
Through the night and day
I can’t take your pain away
I can try
But God help me please
Come save the family tree
My friends are broken all
When falling off the wall
In the ash, I found an ember
Something warm to help remember
A block of wood that used to be
A strong tall family tree
A strong tall family tree
Blowing in the breeze
Portion of Block of Wood Lyrics By Carbon Leaf
In Honor of all those who have given the ultimate sacrifice defending this great country.
have a letter here, written a long time ago, to a Mrs. Bixby in Boston. So bear with me. “Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours very sincerely and respectfully, Abraham Lincoln.”
Trust me Grandson, the war was in color.
And when the high wind blows everything
Like the lion attacking the spring
I love you more than I’ll ever let on
And that’s a fault of mine I’m working on
I’m working on
Take a walk downtown
