© 2006 Recorded on Time Ain't Got Nothin' On Me
A photograph a smiling face
a tender kiss a warm embrace
a memory we can't erase
goodbye to our pride and joy
from the saddest town in Illinois
Fair haired and just nineteen
his back was straight his build was lean
and from his chest an eagle screamed
"proud to serve with the other boys
from the saddest town in Illinois"
A call come in on the telephone
to tell us he was comin home
on the saddest day we've ever known
so many hopes and dreams destroyed
in the saddest town in Illinois
Rain falls on a soldier's grave
at the courthouse still old glory waves
in another town we heard today
more kids will be deployed
in the saddest town in Illinois