(Verse 1)
I was just a kid with diesel dreams,
Signed my name at seventeen,
They handed me keys to a five-ton ride,
Said “Son, you’ll haul freedom down the line.”
Through the dust and the desert heat,
Convoy lights on a dead-end street,
Every mile was a prayer we’d say,
That we’d all come home one day.
(Chorus)
We enlisted to fight for the USA,
To stand tall, never fade away,
But out there, we just fought to stay alive,
Dodging IEDs on the roadside.
Some brothers rolled home, some never did,
Their names carved deep where the brave ones live,
And I still hear them calling when the night gets bad —
Those heroes rolling home under the flag.
(Verse 2)
I still see their faces in my mind,
Back in ‘05 on that Baghdad line,
Lost good men to a flash of light,
Still ask God how He chose that night.
The hum of the truck, the weight of the war,
Couldn’t tell who we were fighting for,
But we all knew what we believed —
Red, white, blue, and the right to be free.
(Chorus)
We enlisted to fight for the USA,
To stand tall, never fade away,
But out there, we just fought to stay alive,
Dodging IEDs on the roadside.
Some brothers rolled home, some never did,
Their names carved deep where the brave ones live,
And I still hear them calling when the night gets bad —
Those heroes rolling home under the flag.
(Bridge)
Now the roads are quiet, but my heart still hums,
Like that engine beatin’ to a battle drum.
Every sunrise, I say a prayer,
For the ones who ain’t rollin’ anywhere.
(Final Chorus)
We enlisted to fight for the USA,
Did our best, never turned away,
Yeah, we fought like hell just to survive,
Through the sand and the fire, we stayed alive.
Some brothers rolled home, some never did,
But I’ll carry them all till my last breath ends,
And I’ll salute their memory, no matter where I stand —
For my brothers rolling home under the flag.
(Outro)
Yeah, rolling home… under the flag.
Doug_Macedo
