MICKEY
Make a picture with Mickey before he is gone
Youâll find him dressed up in pajamas out on his front lawn
He stormed the beaches of Normandy and watched all his buddies die
Heâll tell you stories without flinching, and a wink from his steel blue eyes
It was easy to be honest back in â41
Evil simple to find and so was your gun
Declaring victory was the furthest thing from steel blue Mickeyâs mind
With all that ocean below him he prayed up to the deep blue sky
As he fired into the air
A bullet falling into the sea
Youâre thinking he donât care
Heâs falling down on his knees
Coming home after so long it ainât ever the same
See a daughter donât even know her own daddyâs name
Ainât it funny a war so big can touch a babe so small
Just like it blurs a thousand fatherâs faces into nothing at all
As they fire into the air
A bullet falling into the sea
Youâre thinking he donât care
Heâs falling down on his knees
Mickey fathered a daughter who mothered a son
Signed up and went over to get this old war won
He left Mickey on the corner drinking his nickel beers
He up and got shot within his first year
Leaving Mickeyâs steel blue eyes filled with funeral tears
As they fire into the air
A bullet falling into the sea
Youâre thinking he donât care
Heâs falling down on his knees