The Cost of Freedom

Girls and boys are sent to a foreign land to become men and women
To expect them to find freedom at the end of a rifle
To give their lives for people they don't even know
So many men and women with bright futures ahead of them
Are sent to fight a war on foreign soil
So many come back dead, injured or not at all
The cost of freedom is counted in human lives and broken families
Some men and women never get the chance to start their own families
Some men and women leave their children motherless or fatherless
Parents lose their children in a war on foreign soil
Brothers and sisters are separated forever
Friends are separated forever
Anyone that puts their life on the line for freedom
While knowing the cost Is a friend of mine
Every soldier that goes to war is a friend of mine