[Verse 1] Young sailor with a sea bag, stepped into another life, Truman underneath me, ocean stretching out of sight. Long days turned to long nights, jets screaming through the sky, Missing everybody back home, but I learned how to survive. Same steel walls, same faces, exhaustion setting in, But somewhere through the struggle, those sailors became my friends. We laughed through all the bullshit, kept each other standing tall, When quitting wasn’t an option, we learned to handle it all. [Chorus] On CVN-75, I learned how to survive, Through the sleepless nights and sacrifice, I kept that fire alive. From the hangar bay to foreign shores, underneath a different sky, I left pieces of myself across that ocean every night. The Navy gave me memories, The Navy gave me scars, But the man I am today Was built somewhere out there far. [Verse 2] Ordnance on the line, another long day with the crew, Different lives and different stories, but the same job left to do. Then Norway’s snowy coastline and Marseille’s sunset glow, I saw a world I never dreamed I’d ever get to know. But every perfect picture hides the struggle out of frame, Homesick, tired, missing moments I could never get again. Deployment changed the kid who first walked onto that ship— Taught me brotherhood and sacrifice, and how to never quit. [Final Chorus] On CVN-75, I learned how to survive, Every watch and every hardship made me stronger deep inside. Yeah, I wouldn’t call it easy, but I wouldn’t change my life, Because somewhere on the Truman I learned how hard I’d fight. Now when I see those pictures, I see more than ports and sea— I see the hardest days I’ve lived Building the man I’d be. CVN-75. Deployment. Brotherhood. Sacrifice.
