Story Behind The Song
The lyrics were written in 1991.
Song Description
A daughter's story about her soldier Dad
| Song Length |
3:23 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Pop - General |
| Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Moving |
| Subject |
Father, War |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
One More Is Too Many
The soldier was a hero
There beneath the flag
I was just a little girl
Too young to understand
I remember when he left
He came to say good-bye
And knelt down on one knee
To try to tell me why
It wouldn't hurt so much
If one more soldier dying
Would have saved the world
And stopped the children crying
But as the years go by
The world is still so mad
One more is too many
When one more is your Dad
I can't erase the memory
Of two soldiers at our door
Or my Mother crying there
Sitting on the floor
I listened to the preacher
Say bow your heads and pray
But when I closed my eyes
I didn't know what I should say
It wouldn't hurt so much
If one more soldier dying
Would have saved the world
And stopped the children crying
But as the years go by
The world is still so mad
One more is too many
When one more is your Dad
Every week that he was gone
He wrote and sent a letter
I read them now and then
For a moment we're together
Oh it wouldn't hurt so much
If one more soldier dying
Would have saved the world
And stopped the children crying
But as the years go by
The world is still so mad
One more is too many
When one more is your Dad
Copyright 2010 by Jeana Potthoff and Richard Roman