[Verse 1] Yeah... turn the amp up. Static on the radio, boots on concrete, No cape on my back, no parade on the street. Just dog tags clinking when the low notes drop, Lacing up the combat boots, I never gonna stop. Heavy in my chest, dust in my throat, Living out the sacrifice that nobody wrote. [Verse 2] Three picture frames hanging on a dark wall, Counting every season since I answered the call. Missed the birthday candles, missed the first steps taken, While I held the front and felt the ground was shaking. Ripped from the home front, thrown into the wire, Power chords crashing through the smoke and fire! [Chorus] I’m an ALL-AMERICAN SOLDIER in the camouflage gear! Screaming through the silence for a thousand long years! Didn't get to hold 'em while I carried the weight, Standing in the shadows at the frontline gate! So when you see that red, white, and blue in the sky— CRANK IT TO THE TOP! LET THE FLAG FLY HIGH! SALUTE! SALUTE! To the ones in the ground, And the quiet real heroes who don't make a sound! [Verse 3] Yeah, no Hollywood stars, no spotlight glow, Just a heart full of grit and a long way to go. Traded porch-light nights for a cold night watch, Carving out time like a notch on a stock. Kids grew up fast, man, they grew up strong, While I held the line where the brave belong. Heavy drop-D running straight through my veins, Turning all the blood, sweat, and tears to chains! [Verse 4] Now the boots are worn, but the spine stays straight, Every scar on my hands got a name and a date. I still hear the thunder when the town goes still, Every promise I made, I’m carrying it still. If I took the long road, I took it for them, For the ones who held the door and the ones who went in. So raise that flag when the cold wind calls, I’m still standing proud after all these walls. [Bridge] Look up to the heavens... they’re watching down now. Stand a little taller. Take a deep bow. Camo and boots. Blood on the track. For the ones who stayed behind... And the ones who made it back. [Chorus] I’m an ALL-AMERICAN SOLDIER in the camouflage gear! Screaming through the silence for a thousand long years! Didn't get to hold 'em while I carried the weight, Standing in the shadows at the frontline gate! So when you see that red, white, and blue in the sky— CRANK IT TO THE TOP! LET THE FLAG FLY HIGH! SALUTE! SALUTE! To the ones in the ground, And the quiet real heroes who don't make a sound! [Outro] Yeah... Stand a little taller. Take a deep bow. Camo and boots. Blood on the track. For the ones who stayed behind... And the ones who made it back.
