I never knew my Granddad he died so long ago
And no one talks about him much for over twenty years or more
His medals hang in silence keep his secrets oh so well
Just like the man who wore them all those stories they could tell.
All I have are memories they’re hanging on the wall
Just five colored ribbons medals hanging from them all
A walnut frame surrounds them on a faded velvet bed
They’ve replaced the man who wore them now they’re hanging here instead.
Except for faded pictures and those stories I’ve been told
I don’t know much about him though he wasn’t very old
They say I would have loved him and that it really is too bad
That it’s only these five medals that I have.
Through two great wars he volunteered gambled with his life
He left to me a legacy three children and a wife
Now through the years I’ll always have those medals on the wall
So I don’t forget as years go by to remember him at all.
Except for faded pictures and those stories I’ve been told
I don’t know much about him no he wasn’t very old
They say I would have loved him and that it really is too bad
That it’s only these five medals that I have.
One more decorated hero sons and daughters of this land
For all those who defend us or would simply take a stand
For every unknown soldier much too young and far too brave
In their memory these medals I would save.
Now it’s only these five medals that I have.
