Arlington - Chuck Pelletier Music Video
Arlington - music video - from the album "Flight Times" - Chuck Pelletier, singer-songwriter; Video directed by Rod Damer, USMC
ARLINGTON
When the thick black gun smoke makes rain in the Mojave sky
There's no death to wash away
Not a shot of war's hit this land since it fought itself
But it's bound to break someday
We are the chosen ones
We are the fresh young guns
Somebody else's sons who'll try
We are the chosen ones
We are the fresh young guns
Somebody else's sons who'll die
For the country
How many miles, how many miles down to Arlington?
A new rank and file, how many miles down to Arlington?
Who's gonna lead, who's gonna lead down to Arlington?
Who's gonna bleed, who's gonna lead down to Arlington?
Where the fresh cut grass pushes up through the Virginia soil
The honor hangs as thick as frost
I guess every war ended here for a lot of men
They never knew who won or lost
We are the chosen ones
We are the fresh young guns
Somebody else's sons who'll try
We are the chosen ones
We are the fresh young guns
Somebody else's sons who'll die
For the country
How many dead, how many dead down at Arlington?
How many said, “You won't catch me dead down at Arlington.”
Am I alive, am I alive 'cause of Arlington?
When they arrive, are they alive down at Arlington?
Our guns don't scream for war
No one alive wants cease-fire more
Still bound to fight
If your chosen leaders say to fight
And pray to God the cause is right
Then we can die, then we can die down at Arlington
If we know why, then we can die down at Arlington
So how many miles down to Arlington?