Last Flight to Dover

(original lyrics from Stephanie):

Mama met the chaplain at the door
Said you won't be home no more
Daddy got a letter with the presidential seal
Son of a bitch says he knows how they feel

And you got one last kiss
One last smile
One last lonely flag-draped mile
But not one photo for the keepsake file
Of your last flight to Dover

Thousands of faces, kith and kin
The chattel of war, the price of the win
We turn to each other and ask once more
What in the hell are they dying for

And they got one last kiss
One last smile
One last lonely flag-draped mile
But not one photo for the keepsake file
Of their last flight to Dover

And the reasons for war were just an illusion
The nation's pride has turned to confusion
Are we doomed to forever repeat the mistakes of yesterday
Yesterday

War is an equalizer, cargo on a plane
All the coffins look exactly the same
They're bringing them back to be tagged and scanned
God, when will the last body land

And they got one last kiss
One last smile
One last lonely flag-draped mile
But not one photo for the keepsake file
Of their last flight to Dover

One last kiss
One last smile