What Matters Most

	  		
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No, it ain't about the place he's been living for the past 8 months 
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And it ain't about the badges on his uniform 
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And it ain't about the oil like they say it is in the news 
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You'll never hear him say "It don't matter anymore" 
 
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'Cause what matters most is still at home 
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Gathered 'round the table, barely, barely able to get through the day 
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Without thinking 'bout him, and their life with- out him 
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So he makes sure that they know that he knows what matters most 

  
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She gets mad when someone talks bad a- bout the red, white and blue 
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She says they don't understand what it stands for 
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Said if they spend just one day on their knees in her shoes 
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They'd be a little appreciative, of that I'm sure 

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'Cause what matters most is down the road 
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At the veterans cemetery where his best friends carried him and laid him down 
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They think about him, and their life with- out him, 
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They make sure that everybody knows what matters most 

  
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What matters most is still at home 
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That little boy and girl, living in a world that's for- ever changed 
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They think about him, and their life with- out him 
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They make sure that everybody knows 
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Not a day goes by that they don't let it show what matters most 
  

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She gets mad when someone talks bad a- bout the red, white and blue 
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She says they don't understand what it stands for -----