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Well I found a bunch of letters they were written for the fella

Who broke your Momma's heart

And the envelope folds smelled of her ancient perfume

I'll bet she didn't know

How to respond before the blankets of snow caught him out wandering alone

With no place to go

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And there was stars in the sky

There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills

That were easy to buy, keep her warm from the oncoming storm

Well I found them in the north-west corner of the attic in a box

Labeled 'Tinsel and Lights'

Didn't know what I was looking, maybe just a blanket or artifacts

Eisenhower sent him to war

He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart and when he hit

the shore, must of been a target for the gunner-men

There were stars in the sky

And there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill

Where he would lie, shrouded in the red, white and blue with the stripes

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