The Colonel's Journal lyrics

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

Ref:

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

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

Ref:

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

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

Ref:

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.

• Artist:Alec Benjamin
• Album:Demo