I've got a bright red sticker on the back of my car,
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Says: "United States Marines."
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An' yesterday a lady in a mini-van,
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Held up her middle finger at me.
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Does she think she knows what I stand for,
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Or the things that I believe?
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Just by looking at a sticker for the US Marines,
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On the bumper of my S.U.V.
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See, my brother Chris, he's been in,
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For more than 14 years now.
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Our Dad was in the Navy during Vietnam,
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Did his duty, then he got out.
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And my Grandpa earned his Purple Heart,
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On the beach of Normandy.
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That's why I've got a sticker for the US Marines,
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On the bumper of my S.U.V.
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But that doesn't mean that I want war:
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I'm not Republican or Democrat.
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But I've gone all around this crazy world,
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Just to try to better understand.
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An' yes, I do have questions:
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I get to ask them because I'm free.
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That's why I've got a sticker for the US Marines,
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On the bumper of my S.U.V.
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'Cause I've been to Hiroshima,
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An' I've been to the DMZ.
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I've walked on the sand in Baghdad,
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Still don't have all of the answers I need.
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But I guess I wanna know where she's been,
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Before she judges and gestures to me,
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'Cause she don't like my sticker for the US Marines,
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On the bumper of my S.U.V.
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So I hope that lady in her mini-van,
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Turns on her radio and hears this from me.
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As she picks up her kids,
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From their private school,
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An' drives home safely on our city streets.
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Or to the building where her church group meets:
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Yeah, that's why I've got a sticker for the US Marines,
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On the bumper of my S.U.V.
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Bumper of My S.U.V.
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| Chely Wright |
