Words & Music by Gerlach/Hartmann/Dean

Crawling on the floor
shutting every door to his chamber
his eyes don’t sing no more
still a prisoner of war
still a stranger

Daddy was a man of the army
the morning his ship was departing
the birds flew south on a bright blue September sky
he said don’t you cry

Like an empty shell
he came back from hell in chains
still running through the hurt
the memories and dirt
no escape

Daddy was a man of the army
the morning his ship was departing
the birds flew south on a bright blue September sky
come spring time
I’ll be home by your side

Daddy sailed out that day with his courage all packed
they kept his soul and sent him back
so much to lose so little we knew
when the birds flew on a bright blue
September sky….

Daddy was a man of the army
the morning his ship was departing
the birds flew south on a bright blue September sky
he said don’t you cry
come spring time
I’ll be home by your side
by spring time
but the man of the army lied

I’m blue as September sky