This Seat🇺🇸🪖 (What It Can Cost You)

(Verse 1) I wasn’t all but seventeen When I sat in that recruiter's seat He said, "Boy, do you see the men of the posters there? They once sat in your same chair. Now they’re setting off and chasing dreams Doing things we’ve only seen on movie screens And fighting in wars and battles overseas This is what it cost to keep us free (Chorus) They have carried the nation’s flag Come home in body bags In flag-draped coffins, in the same uniform they fought in they took their final breath with their nametape on their chest The triumph & tragedy in our red, white, and blue I have to caution you, this is what this seat can cost you. (Verse 2) He said, "Honestly, that could be you too So it doesn’t come with a light load to carry It can be hard and it can be scary. It isn’t for the ordinary, these dangerous jobs in the military I don’t want you to think about this lightly Because this... this will be your life." This is what it cost to keep us free (Bridge) There’s a mom & dad who met their son on a tarmac in a flag draped coffin Met his friends after they came home from the war they fought in, with him Didn’t realize that’d be the welcome home he’d receive… when they said goodbye before he left for overseas. Sad and crying right there, his friends saying life ain’t fair. (The Final Chorus) They have carried the nation’s flag Watched their buddies Come home in body bags In flag-draped coffins, in the same uniform they fought in Those men did everything for me and you And did it all, and the gave it all too The triumph & tragedy in our red, white and blue I have to caution you, this is what this seat can cost you. (Outro) I really must caution you; this is what this seat can cost you After sitting in your chair, it’s what it cost the extraordinary men of the posters over there