I Am The Unknown Soldier - Carl Klang

Source: I am the unknown soldier Some call me . Some say I can’t go home again Some say I chose to stay I am the unknown soldier Who you refuse to know A brother and a friend of yours Who left so long ago Some call me . The one they left behind I am the unknown soldier The one they never tried to find I’m the one they never tried to find I’m a farmer from Missouri The soldier from St. Paul I was the hero of my family And still my picture’s upon their wall I’m a poet and a scholar And the boy who lived next door I am the unknown soldier Forgotten on a foreign shore Long forgotten on a foreign shore I was someone’s lovin’ daddy I was someone’s pride and joy I was someone’s tender lover A worried mama’s little boy And if you should just forget me here Then should I forget you too Please won’t you try to bring me home For I’m someone who belongs to you I’m still someone who belongs to you I am the unknown soldier With no more tears to shed I’m just a fading memory A part of the living dead My country has betrayed me Yet I have forgiven you And every night I pray to God That somehow he’ll forgive you too Yes even somehow he’ll forgive you too I am the unknown soldier The one for whom you cried That familiar face that you can’t face The one your country told you died I am the unknown soldier With dreams you’ll rescue me And I am a man who understands Only death might ever set me free Only death might ever set me free I am the unknown soldier And I’m black and blue and gray I said I am the unknown soldier And I die slowly every day And I’m tired and I’m hungry And I’m lonely and I’m cold I am the unknown soldier The one you bought and sold I’m the one you bought and sold So lay down close beside me now And gently stroke my face And wrap your arms around me now Before we leave this place Some called me . Some called me . Some say I can’t come home again But I will return someday