"Look at all this sand and there’s no ocean—
I guess we’ll have to surf in the sand, guys!"
Pause in silence La Cañada
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way
I always ask my children their wishes
Before they head out overseas
The soil of Arlington holds honorable remains
And we felt that he deserved that
"Look at all this sand and there’s no ocean—"
Duty is the family business
He played football
He played tuba for the band
West Point wanted him like his sister before
And we felt that he deserved that
'Look at all this sand and there’s no ocean—"
He was just driving through Fallujah
On the day of his fate
They say the bomb was improvised
He was one of six local lives
"Look at all this sand and there’s no ocean—"