Let My Tears Be Still

Verse 1

My name is Lieutenant Colonel William Todd.

I flew the 101st Airborne in '42.

You may think that you've met veterans like me before,

but you don't have a clue.

Verse 2

I flew Korea in the war you probably forgot.

I gave 40 years of damn near all I got.

I watched some of my closest friends die on foreign land.

I still hear their screams at night.

Chorus

So don't you wipe away my tears.

I've earned them through all the years.

Just let 'em roll down like a stream upon a hill.

Let my tears be still.

Verse 3

I met Jean Ann in a photograph in '44.

I swore she'd be the girl to take my last name.

52 years passed til the Lord took her away,

but I still see Jean everyday.

Verse 4

At the end of my rope as I lay here in this bed.

Thoughts and prayers of my family circle through my head.

I pray when the Lord opens up the pearly gates wide

that I'll see my Jean standing there in the light.