UNKNOWN SOLDIERS [ country, folk, Americana, roots ] Click Here for Music Video of this song Click Here for Free Song Download       In December at the Cumberland River crossroads of Tennessee       Poor folks are honored who've passed on in a public ceremony       Some die from lack of health care, some freeze out in the cold       Some are murdered for being poor an' many die long before they're old             Say a prayer for the unknown soldiers, fighting an unseen war             Trying to survive amidst the lies and somehow find the door             Sometimes things just happen and we don't know the reasons why             Guess we'll understand it, in the sweet bye n' bye       Some of us mainly go through life caring about I, me and mine       While others believe in sharing and taking it one day at a time       Either way, we all struggle inside and whether we're rich or poor       There's a fight between good and evil spread across the global floor             Say a prayer for the unknown soldiers, fighting an unseen war             Trying to survive amidst the lies and somehow find the door             Sometimes things just happen and we don't know the reasons why             Guess we'll understand it, in the sweet bye n' bye       Combat troops prepare for war, we all have conflict in our lives       But many soldiers with no uniforms battle daily just to survive             And you know, we're all unknown soldiers, fighting an unseen war             Trying to survive amidst the lies and somehow find the door             Sometimes things just happen and we don't know the reasons why             Guess we'll understand it, in the sweet bye n' bye             Guess we'll all understand it, in the sweet bye n' bye. . . bye n' bye * U.S. Homeless Information U.S. Native Poverty Information U.S. Homeless Veterans Information National Coalition For The Homeless National Law Center On Homelessness and Poverty * Each December each year before the holidays, there is an annual gathering in Nashville, Tennessee and many other American cities to honor homeless people who have died throughout the year, many who otherwise had no funeral ceremony: Nashville Memorial; National Homeless Persons Memorial Day.             Copyright © by Amy Kenna BMI, Richard Aberdeen ASCAP Copyright © by Freedom Horse Music BMI Copyright © by Freedom Tracks Music ASCAP          No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from publisher. Inquiries:  Freedom Tracks Records.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.