[Verse 1] Gus stood a little straighter The day he got the call Traded in his backpack For a uniform and all The discipline, the honor The code he chose to live Not everyone could do it Not everyone could give [Pre-Chorus] We stood and watched him leave us So strong and standing tall And every night we thank the Lord And every night we call [Chorus] Higher than the sky Gus goes On the wings that only courage knows We raised him for this moment Even when we didn't know Higher than the sky up there Service and honor and a breathless prayer We're standing on the ground below Watching our boy go Higher than the sky [Verse 2] The Academy is demanding But Gus never backed away Every morning before sunrise He earns the right to say I serve a cause worth serving I wear these colors proud And somewhere in the stands above We are cheering loud [Pre-Chorus] He carries all of us with him In every drill and mile And when he looks up at the stars We hope he sees our smile [Chorus] Higher than the sky Gus goes On the wings that only courage knows We raised him for this moment Even when we didn't know Higher than the sky up there Service and honor and a breathless prayer We're standing on the ground below Watching our boy go Higher than the sky [Bridge] Gus will fly above the mountains He will fly above the sea And every time he breaks the clouds He'll know we set him free We set him free because we love him Not because we let him go He's the grandson of our heartbeat The best that we could sow [Final Chorus] Higher than the sky Gus soars Opening up those heaven's doors We raised him to be faithful We raised him to be brave Higher than the sky above Carried by a family's love We're standing on the ground below So proud to watch him go Higher than the sky [Outro] Fly safe Gus… fly high… We love you… higher than the sky…
