Final Transmission Lyrics - Singles - Street Dogs

He had just turned nineteen yesterday 

Wanted to be a school teacher someday 

Came from a small and modest town 

Had never before traveled abroad 

He signed on the promise of a college fund 

Pop and Mom begged him to stay at home 

The last time they saw him was at an airport 

He hugged his distraught mother a final time 

He went abroad to serve when he was only nineteen 

Reality caught up with him, stole a heart full of dreams 

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He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes 

Lost them all amidst this war and smoke 

Can you hear the sound of youth negated? 

Watch on TV names are taken 

Mother, Mother 

My final transmission 

Paris Island was plain hell on earth 

Got gunny yelling at him, "better prove your worth" 

Moved on to Baghdad about six months on 

Caught an IED today, now he is gone 

He went abroad to serve when he was only nineteen 

Reality caught up with him, stole a heart full of dreams 

He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes 

Lost them all amidst this war and smoke 

Can you hear the sound of youth negated? 

Watch on TV names are taken 

Mother, Mother 

My final transmission 

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Dad and Mom I am your only loving son 

Hid a written final transmission under my helmet 

Love you both in heart and mind 

A better set of parents no boy could ever find 

Weep for me and say thy prayers 

Remember me through all your years 

Only got to serve for six months on and 

If you're reading this I have passed and gone 

So I harbor my final request 

A letter in my memory please send 

Off to the President and all his men 

Begging him with others to bring the troops back home 

He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes 

Lost them all amidst the war and smoke 

Can you hear the sound of youth negated? 

Watch on TV names are taken 

He's never gonna get a chance to chase all those hopes 

Lost them all amidst this war and smoke 

Can you hear the sound of youth negated? 

Why are all those young lads taken 

Mother, Mother 

My final transmission