I've got a bright red sticker on the back of my car   Says United States Marines   And yesterday a lady in a mini-van held up a middle finger at me   Does she think she knows what I stand for   Or the things that I believe   Just by looking at a sticker for the U.S. Marines   On the bumper of my SUV      See, my brother Chris, he's been in for more than 14 years now   Our dad was in the Navy during Vietnam   Did his duty then he got out   And my grandpa earned his purple heart   On the beach of Normandy   That's why I've got a sticker for the U.S. Marines   On the bumper of my SUV      But that doesn't mean that I want war   I'm not Republican or Democrat   But I've gone all around this crazy world   Just to try and better understand   And yes, I do have questions   I get to ask them because I'm free   That's why I've got a sticker for the U.S. Marines   On the bumper of my SUV      'Cause I've been to Hiroshima and I've been to the DMZ   I've walked on the sand in Baghdad   Still don't have all of the answers I need   But I guess I wanna know where she's been   Before she judges and gestures to me   'Cause she don't like my sticker for the U.S. Marines   On the bumper of my SUV      So I hope that lady in her mini-van   Turns on her radio and hears this from me   As she picks up her kids from their private school   And drives home safely on our city streets   Or to the building where her church group meets   Yeah, that's why I've got a sticker for the U.S. Marines   On the bumper of my SUV