Let My Tears Be Still

Lyrics

Verse 1 My name is Lieutenant Colonel William Todd I flew the 101st Airborne in '42 You may think that you've met veterans like me before But you don't have a clue Verse 2 I flew Korea in the war you probably forgot I gave 40 years of damn near all I got I watched some of my closest friends die on foreign land I still hear their screams at night Chorus So don't you wipe away my tears I've earned them through all the years Just let 'em roll down like a stream upon a hill Let my tears be still Verse 3 I met Jean Ann in a photograph in '44 I swore she'd be the girl to take my last name 52 years passed til the Lord took her away But I still see Jean everyday Verse 4 At the end of my rope as I lay here in this bed Thoughts and prayers of my family circle through my head I pray when the Lord opens up the pearly gates wide That I'll see my Jean standing there in the light