Released: September 18, 2007
Songwriter: Babyface
Producer: Babyface
[Verse 1]
In another day or so
He'll be one year older
God bless his soul
Barely 18 years old
When he became a soldier
God bless his soul
[Pre-Chorus]
It's not like he didn't know
The way that things could go
Hope was all he had to cope
But he never made it home
[Chorus]
Well, I hope and pray
That when God called his name
He did not die in vain
I like to think he died for you and me
And I hope one day
When we look back again
And he's just a memory
That we'll appreciate and respect the life he gave
[Verse 2]
In another year or so
She might have been a mother
God bless her soul
But she'll never get to hold
Her baby girl or know her
God bless their souls
[Pre-Chorus]
It's not like she didn't know
The way that things could go
Hope was all she had to cope
But she never made it home
[Chorus]
Well, I hope and pray
That when God called her name
She did not die in vain
I like to think she died for you and me
And I hope one day
When we look back again
And she's just a memory
That we'll appreciate and respect the life she gave
[Break]
[Chorus]
Well, I hope and pray
That when God called their name
They did not die in vain
I like to think they died for you and me
And I hope one day
When we look back again
And they're just a memory
That we'll appreciate and respect the life they gave
Respect the life they gave
Respect the life they gave
Respect the life they gave
In another day or so
He'll be one year older
God bless his soul
Barely 18 years old
When he became a soldier
God bless his soul
[Pre-Chorus]
It's not like he didn't know
The way that things could go
Hope was all he had to cope
But he never made it home
[Chorus]
Well, I hope and pray
That when God called his name
He did not die in vain
I like to think he died for you and me
And I hope one day
When we look back again
And he's just a memory
That we'll appreciate and respect the life he gave
[Verse 2]
In another year or so
She might have been a mother
God bless her soul
But she'll never get to hold
Her baby girl or know her
God bless their souls
[Pre-Chorus]
It's not like she didn't know
The way that things could go
Hope was all she had to cope
But she never made it home
[Chorus]
Well, I hope and pray
That when God called her name
She did not die in vain
I like to think she died for you and me
And I hope one day
When we look back again
And she's just a memory
That we'll appreciate and respect the life she gave
[Break]
[Chorus]
Well, I hope and pray
That when God called their name
They did not die in vain
I like to think they died for you and me
And I hope one day
When we look back again
And they're just a memory
That we'll appreciate and respect the life they gave
Respect the life they gave
Respect the life they gave
Respect the life they gave
- Playlist (2007)
- Everytime I Close My Eyes
- Whip Appeal
- When Can I See You
- Soon As I Get Home
- We’ve Got Love
- How Come, How Long
- Never Keeping Secrets
- Seven Seas
- I Said I Love You
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
- End Of The Road (Live on MTV Unplugged)
- When Men Grow Old
- If
- For the Cool in You
- Still My Boo
- Red Dress
- Take Your Time
- And Our Feelings
- How Can U Be Down
- Please Come to Boston
- Goin’ Outta Business
- God Must Love You
- Sleigh Ride
- Sunshine