For Freedom (Version Without Quotes) - Avalon

Somewhere a trumpet sounds in the night

A soldier is standing there

It's calling him out to the stars and the stripes

It's calling him god knows where

He kisses the ones he loves goodbye

And leaves in the dead of night

For freedom he'll heed the call

Leave all he knows

And for freedom he'll stand and fight

And somewhere a man and wife

Can't believe they're waving their girl goodbye

For gone are the days of pigtails

And curls and candlelight lullabies

If they had their way she'd stay young forever

And never be far from home

But freedom has drawn her heart to danger's shore

And for freedom they'll let her go

And somewhere a thunderous crash in the night

It echoes all through the hills

Though many escape its wrath and its rage

A soldier lies wounded still

Remembering the land he loves he cries

I've loved you with all my might

For freedom said "I'm her son whatever comes

(Whatever comes)

And for freedom I'll say goodbye"

And somewhere beneath the stars and the sky

Our flag is still standing there

(She's still standing there)

She bled and she brought one land under God

(Under God)

Her colors still lead us there

(It's still there)

She's carried the lives of those before us

She's buried the bold and brave

For freedom she holds our hopes

And and hands up high

And for freedom she'll ever wave