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Every Veteran Has a Story

from Songs for Heroes Demo Tapes by Tai Shan

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Written with Craig Stankovich a Vietnam Veteran. This is the theme song for the St. Charles Veteran's Museum.

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Every Veteran has a Story
© 2023 Hal Odell, Tai Shan, Craig Stankowich

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There was a box in my closet
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Lost and forgotten with the times
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A military history
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Some was my fathers, some was mine

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A man named Ralph he had a dream
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A place for keeping memories alive
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A way to save the history
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Of those that lived and those that died

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Gifts of money, gifts of time
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Helped that vision come alive
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Chorus
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There’s a piece of steel from the Arizona
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Model planes and uniforms and
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A hundred different patches Hanging on the wall
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In a diary 1945 A young man’s joy at surrender signed
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And you can read it all and so much more
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In those little white Binders Full of pain and Glory
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Cause every veteran has a story


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Someday a boy will walk in
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He might be seven, might be eighty five
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Find a forever memory
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His Grandpa, right there in black and white

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It’s not the stuff behind the glass
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It's the people, who never really pass

Chorus

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from Songs for Heroes Demo Tapes, released September 11, 2023

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Tai Shan Seattle, Washington

Tai Shan is an Americana songwriter whose music has been featured in Billboard Magazine, American Songwriter, Americana UK, and on NPR. Based in Nashville, her songwriting focuses on positive messages. Tai Shan and her husband Austin, have toured the United States and Canada and performed for venues such as the Bluebird and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ... more

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