[Intro]
[Verse]
Tour was up, middle of June
She was plannin a welcome home barbeque
Green bean casserole, grandma s recipe
There was a knock on the door round 2 o clock
Two uniforms and her heart stopped
Yellow ribbon round an oak tree blowin in the breeze
[Chorus]
Here s to the ones that didn t make it back home
The ones we ain t seen in so long
The hold up a beer ones, the wish they were here ones
The not forgotten but gone
They re in a better place up there
But they sure left a hole down here
We just go on living and go on missing
The ones, the ones that didn t make it back home
[Verse]
The whole town shut down, the whole town showed up
Sang Amazing Grace, watched a slideshow of his 22 years
There was laughs and there was tears
And that preacher talked about sacrifice
And traffic stopped for them Cadillac lights
Johnny sold beer half price that night
And everybody raised them high singin
[Chorus]
Here s to the ones that didn t make it back home
The ones we ain t seen in so long
The hold up a beer ones, the wish they were here ones
The not forgotten but gone
They re in a better place up there
But they sure left a hole down here
We just go on living and go on missing
The ones, the ones that didn t make it back home
[Bridge]
Back to that front porch
Back through that front door
To the life they were fightin for
[Chorus]
Here s to the ones that didn t make it back home
The ones we ain t seen in so long
The hold up a beer ones, the wish they were here ones
The not forgotten but gone
They re in a better place up there
But they sure left a hole down here
We just go on living and go on missing
The ones, the ones that didn t make it back home
The ones that didn t make it back home
