So the airs getting colder and the news keeps us scared 

I still wrestle this summer from the bones of our tired blistered hands 

'Cause tonight we got drinks and just a couple of friends 

And the girl that my brother likes is finally talking to him 

And his chest is all swelled like he's and proud and happy 

He's got a great idea, like he's making a memory 



Wake up and come out to the car 

There's an East swell coming and it's howling off shore 

And we'll be lying like lions out in the sand 

But I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brother's hand



So we make jokes back home and we lighten the mood 

Growing up my parents saw what sending a kid to fight can really do 

And now with the war I can tell they're a little shook up 

Just a few mother's sons will never really be enough 

Until half of our names are etched out in the wall 

And the other half ruined from the things we saw 



Wake up and come out to the car 

There's an East swell coming and it's howling off shore 

And we'll be lying like lions out in the sand 

But I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brother's hand

(2x)