Tore was up in the middle of June
She was planning a welcome home barbecue
Green bean casserole,
grandma's recipe
There was a knock on the door around two o'clock
Two uniforms in her horse style
Yellow ribbon round an oak tree Blowing in the breeze
Here's to the ones that didn't make it
back home The ones we ain't seen in so long
The hold up of beer was a wish they
were here Was a night forgotten but gone
They're in a better place up there
But they sure left a hole down here
We just go on living and go on missing the
ones The ones that didn't make it back home
The whole town shut down,
the whole town showed up
Sang Amazing Grace,
watched the slide show of his 22 years
There was laughs and there was tears
And that preacher talked about sacrifice
And traffic stopped for them Cadillac lights
Johnny sold beer half price that night
And everybody raised a mouse Singing
here's to the ones that didn't make
it back home The ones we ain't seen in so long
The hold up of beer was a wish they
were here Was a night forgotten but gone
They're in a better place up there
But they sure left a hole down here
We just go on living and go on missing the
ones The ones that didn't make it back home
Back to that front porch Back through that front door
To the life they were fighting for
Here's to the ones that didn't make it back
home The ones we ain't seen in so long
The hold up of beer was a wish they
were here Was a night forgotten but gone
They're in a better place up there
But they sure left a hole down here
We just go on living and go on missing the
ones The ones that didn't make it back home
The ones that didn't make it back home