Lyrics

Heavy Cross to Bear


Steven was a medic, serving in Afghanistan
Red cross painted on his helmet, dodging bullets in the sand
And he'd risk his life to rescue, soldiers dyin' in the dust
It was only paint and metal, but to him that helmet was

A heavy cross to bear
For the true and brave
With courage, light and prayer
Someone will be saved
Though it's humble and it's plain
It's beyond compare
That symbol yet remains
A heavy cross to bear

There's a one-room country chapel, in the woods of Alabam'
And it's bid goodbye to heroes, from Japan to Vietnam
Simple cross upon the steeple, forged with hope and faith and steel
'long as liberty is threatened, then that church will always feel

A heavy cross to bear
For the true and brave
With courage, light and prayer
Someone will be saved
Though it's humble and it's plain
It's beyond compare
That symbol yet remains
A heavy cross to bear

There's a hill beside a farmhouse, with a footpath on the side
And a cross among some crabgrass, made of pine and painted white
There's a widow in the moonlight, and a teardrop epitaph
Dozen roses and some dog-tags, and that hill will always have

A heavy cross to bear
For the true and brave
With courage, light and prayer
Someone will be saved
Though it's humble and it's plain
It's beyond compare
That symbol yet remains
A heavy cross to bear


Copyright 2010 by Robert George & Cameron Earnshaw