A soldier is a nobody,

we hear lots of people say.

He is the outcast of the world

and always in the way.

A soldier is a nobody,

we hear lots of people say.

He is the outcast of the world  

and always in the way.

We admit there are bad ones

from the Army to the Marines,

 but the majority you will find,

the most worthy ever seen.

Most people condemn the soldier

 when he stops to take a drink or two,

but does a soldier condemn you,

when you stop to take a few?

Now don't scorn the soldier

but clasp him by the hand,

 for the uniform he wears

means protection to our land.

The government picks its soldier

 from the million far and wide,

 so please place him as your equal,

good buddies side by side.

When a soldier goes to battle,

you cheer him on the way,

you say he is a hero when

in the ground he does lay.

But the hardest battle of the soldier

 is in the time of peace,

when all mock and scorn him  

and treat him like a beast.

With these few lines we close sir,

we hope we don't offend

but when you meet a soldier

 just treat him like a friend.