Grew up on a combine machine
Running them rows straight and clean
He's as carolina as the fields are tall
Answers confusion uncle sam came to call
He can't sleep at night so he's going back to her
Back to those chains with a full moon in the sky
He decides this is where he'll shut it down
Shut it down shut it down ain't nothing else for me
Shut it down shut it down when the grass is already green
Now he makes his living on a .50 cal. machine
Dodging IED's dodging the pain
Could be back on the farm but he is gone
In a village that doesn't know his name
Sand in his boots bombs overhead
Letters from an Afghan bed
Relentless loving waiting back in town
This is where he'll shut it down
Shut it down shut it down ain't nothing else for me
Shut it down shut it down when the grass is already green
Now he's out on leave in New Orleans
Spending that pay on Frenchman street
Takes her hand pledged his heart for life
One more tour be back by her side
Shots ring out he runs to the ally
Caught a stray in the back of the head
One last breathe he kisses the ground
This is where he'll shut it down
Shut it down shut it down ain't nothing else for me
Shut it down shut it down when the grass is already green
Shut it down shut it down when the grass is already green
When the grass is already green
When the grass is already green