It's a time to remember the ones who we lost The fathers and sons, the mothers and daughters Who went overseas and fought So we could be free, believe it or not, they dyin' for peace They dyin' for speech, they died in the streets In the Middle East, they left a family at home, and picked up a gun And stormed a beach, I see a problem We've forgotten the fallen Nobody works on Monday so we celebrate and pop bottles While there's soldiers in the dirt and they all got families who are hurtin' The cost of freedom is a person, they died so we ain't speakin' German So eat your burgers and drink your beers, relax, enjoy your day There were funerals and a million tears so we could live our lives this way There were widowed wives and childrens eyes who won't see their dads again It's a holiday for the fallen, don't say Happy Memorial Day 'Cause the freedom ain't free Things got a cost They paid for today with the lives we lost So don't comply, stand your ground They sacrificed it all, and we gotta make 'em proud 'Cause the freedom ain't free