You don’t know me,
I don’t know you,
Your husband I could be.
I’m the Unknown Soldier,
I’m not old, I’m not new,
I died for my country,
I died for you.
In World War I, I fought in the woods,
I fought in the trees,
I fought in the rivers,
And I fought in the streams.
You don’t know me because I don’t have a face.
They couldn’t find a piece of me to trace.
I died for my country,
I died for you.
In World War II, I fought in the air,
The bombs burned my skin,
And they burned by hair.
I also fought beneath the sea,
What a watery grave for me.
I died for my country,
I died for you.
In Vietnam, I fought over there,
I didn’t know the enemy would be everywhere.
We lost that war, but I never knew.
I died for my country,
I died for you.
Now that I’m History,
They guard me day and night.
And if anyone bothers me,
They put up a fight.
I’m the Unknown Soldier,
I died for my country,
I died for you.