Lyrics

Don’t thank him for his service
Don’t ask him what he did
His country made him do it
And he was just a kid

He never was a hero
But that’s what people say
What’s so damn heroic
About blowin a family away

So smile when you shake his hand
You’ll never know the man
Sit awhile, but you can’t understand
What they made him do
How can you

No matter where the battle
Despite all the pain
Even noble warriors
Eventually die in vain

So raise that flag up the staff
And lower it down the pole
Take your ribbons and metals
And bury ‘em in a hole

So smile when you shake his hand
You’ll never know the man
Sit awhile but you can’t understand
What they made him do
How can you

Don’t thank him for his service
You haven’t got a clue
You really have no idea
What his country made him do
Made him do, made him do
Made him do, made him do
He didn’t wanna do it

Made him do, made him do
They made him do it
They made him do it