Harold MIke Sizemore

Lyrics

Dead Tank in the Park

(Harold Mike Sizemore)

Verse 1
The Marine recruiting station is the happening place to be
For young men trying to leave town
The old folks wave their flags
The preacher says it’s pride
That old tank in the park
Says someone must have lied

Chorus 1
There’s a dead tank in the park
It’s rusting in the rain
Just like the promises
Of the ones who came back in pain
We build memorials
While they sleep out in the rain
That dead tank in the park is all that remains

Verse 2
There’s a man on the bench
Says he served in ’93
He’s sleeping under cardboard where children used to be
“Son, they’ll sell freedom for a thousand bucks a head
But they didn’t keep the promise to all my dead friends.”

Chorus 2
There’s a dead tank in the park
It’s rusting in the rain
Just like the promises
Of the ones who came back in pain
We build memorials
While they sleep out in the rain
But a dead tank in the park is all that remains

Bridge
I drive past the park
Sometimes in the rain
I think of the people
Who will never be the same
I worry for their children who won’t know mom or dad
That old tank in the park always makes me sad

Final Chorus
There’s a dead tank in the park
It’s rusting in the rain
Just like the promises
Of the ones who came back in pain
We build memorials
While they sleep out in the rain
a dead tank in the park is all that remains