The Colonel's Journal Lyrics - Alec Benjamin

[Verse 1] 

The old colonel was a veteran 

Each night he'd take his medicine 

And stay up watchin' Letterman 

Trying to forget 

The things he saw when he was young 

The carnage and the sound of guns 

He kept his pain from everyone 

With the ink inside his pen 

[Chorus] 

The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets 

His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head 

'Til the end, he was a soldier 

'Cause the fight was never over 

The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box 

Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks 

'Til the end, he was a soldier 

'Cause the fight was never over 

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[Verse 2] 

And the day he died, his kids flew in 

Took some time just to remember him 

They cleaned up his old medicine 

As everybody wept 

They were packing up the cellar 

When they found his diary, read it and 

Couldn't believe the things he said 

With the ink inside his pen 

[Chorus] 

The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets 

His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head 

'Til the end, he was a soldier 

'Cause the fight was never over 

The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box 

Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks 

'Til the end, he was a soldier 

'Cause the fight was never over 

[Bridge] 

Mmmm-mmm 

Mmmm-mmm 

[Verse 3] 

The old colonel was a veteran 

My granddad, and a gentleman 

I'll always remember him 

Oh, I swear I won't forget 

The things he saw when he was young 

The carnage and the sound of guns 

And the pain he kept from everyone 

With the ink inside his pen 

[Chorus] 

The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets 

His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head 

'Til the end, he was a soldier 

'Cause the fight was never over 

The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box 

Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks 

'Til the end, he was a soldier 

'Cause the fight was never over 

[Outro] 

Mmmm-mmm 

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