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[Verse 1]
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September the 2nd, 2017
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That’s your discharge date, etched in your soul
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It’s been nearly two years now, gone by so fast
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Like the fast-food restaurants they built while you were away
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Pull into the drive-thru, speak into a box
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Discard the paper wrappers when you’re through
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These people can’t comprehend the choices you made
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So you don’t tell them a thing
[Chorus]
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Unproud warrior (Unproud warrior)
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Unproud warrior (Unproud warrior)
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Unproud warrior
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You made your house your own
[Verse 2]
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Some blame their actions on their government
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It’s all orders for these lily-white comrades
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They hang up their guns on a nail of rosewater
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And participate in their grandson’s parade
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But you know you had more choices than they let on
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A soldier is not a cog, but a man, like any other
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These thoughts you revisit every time you turn on a movie
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And see a depiction that is far from your own experience
[Chorus]
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Oh, unproud warrior
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Unproud warrior
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Unproud warrior
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You made your choice alone
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[Verse 3]
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You were only seventeen when you enlisted, you remember
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SE Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was just fifteen
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Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was just nineteen
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At twenty-three, Stephen Crane published The Red Badge Of Courage
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Which is still known as one of the most realistic depictions of war
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Even though Crane was born after the Civil War ended
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Maybe sentiments of regret are not all that unrelatable
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You’ve always taken lengths to be aware of your own choice
[Chorus]
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Unproud warrior (Unproud warrior)
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Unproud warrior (Unproud)
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Unproud warrior
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You built your house alone
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Unproud warrior (Unproud warrior)
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Unproud warrior (Unproud warrior)
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Unproud warrior
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You made your house your own
