He held his cards close to his chest And smiled across the mud Blew the smoke from a green flak vest And laid back like a god Saved my life a million times Before I knew his name I watched him die between the lines Praying for his pain He kicked the dust between the rows And dug and empty well Broke the plow then blew his nose And cursed the sky to hell I said its got so dry out here That I can’t even cry I can’t work and I can’t speak and it’s too damn hot to die For all the struggle that you go through For all our mortal flaws For all the trouble we put you to For sorrow that we cause And for every wicked sinner born anew And every fallen angel turning blue Man, for every long, lost soul without a shoe Hey, for all, for all that you do, This blood’s for you He kicked the dust between the row A and dug and empty well Broke the plow then blew his nose And cursed the sky to hell Said its got so dry out here That I can’t even cry I can’t work and I can’t sleep And it’s too damn hot to die For all the struggle that you go through For all our mortal flaws For all the trouble we put you to For sorrow that we cause And for every wicked sinner born anew Yeah, for every fallen angel turning blue Man, for every long, lost soul without a shoe Hey, for all, for all that you do This blood’s for you God put his son upon the world To save the sins of men Watched them kill him on a cross And then took him home again Maybe he’s a vengeful god And maybe we’re to blame Maybe we’re just paying back In blood and death and pain For all the struggle that you go through For all our mortal flaws For all the trouble we put you to For sorrow that we cause And for every wicked sinner born anew Yeah, for every fallen angel turning blue Yeah, for every long, lost soul without a shoe Man, for all, for all that you do This blood’s for you This blood’s for you I said this blood is for you