Another day or so he'd be one year older   God bless his soul   Nearly 18 years old when he became a soldier   God bless his soul      It's not like he didn't know   The way that things could go   Hope was all he had to cope   But he never made it home      I hope and pray   That when God called his name   He did not die in vain   I'd like to think he died for you and me      And I hope one day   When we look back again   And he's just a memory   That we'll appreciate, respect the life he gave      In another year or so she might have been a mother   God bless her soul   But she'll never get to hold her baby girl, I know her   God bless their souls      It's not like she didn't know   The way that things could go   Hope was all she had to cope   But she never made it home      I hope and pray   That when God called her name   She did not die in vain   I'd like to think she died for you and me      And I hope one day   When we look back again   And she's just a memory   That we'll appreciate, respect the life she gave      And I hope and pray   That when God called their name   That they did not die in vain   I'd like to think that they died for you and me      And I hope one day   When we look back again   And they're just a memory   That we'll appreciate, respect the life they gave      Respect the life they gave   Respect the life they gave