Ready for War

(Verse)
He’s just eighteen years old, signing his life on the dotted line,
Signing his life to a cause he knows is right
His mother’s eyes full of tears, his father’s full of pride 
For his son follows in his stride 
He’s a soldier now, heading off to war,
Fighting for something he believes in to his core 

(Chorus)
I’d say that I’m ready for war,
I’d say that I’m ready to fight, 
I’d say that I’m ready to lay down my life 
I’d say that I’m ready for war,
I’d say that I’m ready to fight, 
I’d say that I’m ready to lay down my life,
For this great country of mine

(Verse)
Bullets flying all around, fear grips at his heart,
Yet he finds the courage to keep fighting on,
As the battle rages, he thinks of the ones he left back home,
Hoping that he won’t leave them to this world alone 
But he’s a soldier now, in the heat of war,
Fighting for something he believes in to his core 

(Chorus)
I’d say that I’m ready for war,
I’d say that I’m ready to fight, 
I’d say that I’m ready to lay down my life 
I’d say that I’m ready for war,
I’d say that I’m ready to fight, 
I’d say that I’m ready to lay down my life,
For this great country of mine

(Guitar solo)

(Verse)
A folded flag in his mother’s arms, tears soaking her face
Holding onto those memories that never will be erased
Hear taps in the distance, hear that 12 gun salute. 
Yea he died much too young, yea he died for me and you. 
Because he was a soldier, fighting in a war,
He died for something he believed in to his core

(Chorus)
I’d say that I’m ready for war,
I’d say that I’m ready to fight, 
I’d say that I’m ready to lay down my life 
I’d say that I’m ready for war,
I’d say that I’m ready to fight,
I’d say that I’m ready to lay down my life,
For this great country of mine

(Instruments fade to Taps playing)

(Taps slowly fades out)

Country, slow, male