Old Soldiers Never Die - Vaughn Monroe
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away
There is an old messhall not far away
Where we get pork and beans
Three times a day
Ham and eggs we never see
Even when we're on K P
And we are gradually fading away
Old soldiers never die
Never die never die
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away
Privates they love their beer
Three times a day
Corporals they love their stripes
And that ain't hay
Sergeants put you through the mill
They just drill and drill and drill
And they will drill until they fade away
Old soldiers never die
Never die never die
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away
Young soldiers shine their shoes
Three time a day
Young soldiers go on leave they know the way
Young soldiers say goodbye
Kiss the girls and make them cry
Then the girls all wonder why they fade away
Old soldiers never die
Never die never die
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away
Washington and Grant and Lee were all tried and true
Eisenhower Bradley and MacArthur too
They will live forever more
Till the world is done with war
Then they'll close that final door
Fading away
Old soldiers never die
Never die never die
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away
Fade away
Fade away
Fade away
Fade away