First up in the morning
Lunch boxes to fill with a smile
And a pat on the back to send kids down there lifetimes next mile
She figures the price of next weeks provisions
And sees that the cost is getting seen
But she's makes sure there fed
Puts em to bed
And she guards them as they lie asleep
For this man who cried
For it and struggled and died all there lives
They given there all
Just to stand straight and tall
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And papa send home all the money from long hours on the road
But its anyones guess why makes less and less on each load
But she learns as she goes how to stretch every dime coz young mouths need filing each day
And she titans her belt, but she always expels somehow the'll find some better way.
For this man who cried
For it and struggled and died all there lives
They given there all just to stand straight and tall
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When husband sees chooses a harder and fewer to make
And the everyday routine of living gets harder to take
He tries that much harder to let her know just how he'd miss her if she weren't around
And for weeks at a time he prays every night he'll come home to find them safe and sound
For this man who cried
For it and struggled and died all there lives
They given there all just to stand straight and tall
By the side of americas wives
For this man who cried
For it and struggled and died all there lives
There doing there best so at night they can rest
By the side of americas wives