Letra de Empty Chair
We commandeer a corner table At our small town diner Just five or six old men throwin' out corny ol' one-liners They pat the heads of children Give friendly nods to strangers They sure seem quick to laugh Makes you think they're slow to angerThose guys were front-line brothers Their lives depended on each other They were soldiers long before they were men Yeah, the ones that somehow survived Came home, went on to build their lives Never chargin' us a penny for the debt we owe to themBut you can almost smell the gun smoke And the foxholes that they shared On the days they raise their coffees And toast the empty chairThey'll ask you where you're from What you do, what you've done But don't go thinkin' they're all talk 'Cause you wouldn't wanna piss them offThose guys were front-line brothers Their lives depended on each other They were soldiers long before they were men Yeah, the ones that somehow survived Came home, went on to build their lives Never chargin' us a penny for the debt we owe to themBut you can almost smell the gun smoke And the foxholes that they shared On the days they raise their coffees And toast the empty chairThey'll tell you anything you wanna know But there's one place they just won't go 'Cause they don't wanna ruin our dreams By tellin' us the things they've seenThose guys were front-line brothers Their lives depended on each other They were soldiers long before they were men Yeah, the ones that somehow survived Came home, went on to build their lives Never chargin' us a penny for the debt we owe to themAnd you can almost smell the gun smoke And the foxholes that they shared On the days they raise their coffees And toast the empty chairTo the brother who ain't there We salute you