I hope and pray
She did not die in vain
And she's just a memory

When we look back again
When we look back again

But he never made it home
In another year or so she might have been a mother
The way that things could go

And he's just a memory
God bless her soul
Nearly 18 years old when he became a soldier
But she never made it home
I'd like to think he died for you and me
That when God called her name
Respect the life they gave
Respect the life they gave

That they did not die in vain
And they're just a memory
That when God called his name
That we'll appreciate, respect the life he gave

It's not like he didn't know
I hope and pray
That we'll appreciate, respect the life they gave
And I hope one day
God bless their souls
But she'll never get to hold her baby girl, I know her
I'd like to think she died for you and me
And I hope and pray
Hope was all she had to cope
That when God called their name
That we'll appreciate, respect the life she gave
And I hope one day

When we look back again

And I hope one day
I'd like to think that they died for you and me
Hope was all he had to cope
It's not like she didn't know
The way that things could go
God bless his soul
He did not die in vain