LAST MARINE TO DIE

Gordon made a house out of sandbags on the hill
Than he made a home outa powder and some pills
No one ever realize the fear he had inside
Gordon didn’t want to be the last Marine to die
He took a toke, told a joke …
then he quietly resigned
 
Avery led his team through endless “Fire and Rain”
Bandoleers of courage, and whiskey for the brain 
The M-16’s would echo through the country side
Sugar Bear refused to be the last Marine to die
He wrote his folks and closed the bolt …
then he quietly resigned
 
Bennett was the next one out on the Freedom Bird
Thirty days his boots would shine with Alabama dirt
Walking point in front of twenty other guys
He didn’t want the FNG to be the last Marine to die
He tripped the wire, lite the fire…
Then he quietly resigned
 
Adam played the guitar at his base in Kandahar
Kelly lite a Cuban and choked on the cigar
Davis waited nervously for night fall to arrive
A Captain soon will tell us all who’s the last Marine to die
Turn on the news, heard the blues…
Then he quietly resigned