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I've got a bright red sticker on the back of my car
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Says United States Marines
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And yesterday a lady in a mini-van
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Held up her middle finger at me
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Does she think she knows what I stand for
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Or the things that I believe
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Just by looking at a sticker for the US Marines
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On the bumper of my S - U - V
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See, my brother Chris, he's been in
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For more than 14 years now
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Our dad was in the Navy during Vietnam
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Did his duty then he got out
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And my grandpa earned his purple heart
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On the beach of Normandy
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That's why I've got a sticker for the US Marines
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On the bumper of my S - U - V
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But that doesn't mean that I want war
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I'm not Republican or Democrat
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But I've gone all around this crazy world
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Just to try and better understand
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Yes I do have questions
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I get to ask them because I'm free
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That's why I've got a sticker for the US Marines
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On the bumper of my S - U - V
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Cause I've been to Hiroshima
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And I've been to the D - M - Z
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I've walked on the sand in Baghdad
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Still don't have all of the answers I need
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But I guess I wanna know where she's been
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Before she judges and gestures to me
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Cause she don't like my sticker for the US Marines
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On the bumper of my S - U - V
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So I hope that lady in her mini-van
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Turns on her radio and hears this from me
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As she picks up her kids from their private school
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And drives home safely on our city streets
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Or to the building where her church group meets
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Yeah, that's why I've got a sticker for the US Marines
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On the bumper of my S - U - V
