Star Spangled Heaven-Conway Twitty

[ti:Star Spangled Heaven] [ar:Conway Twitty] [al:Conway's Country Rock, Vol. 8] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Star Spangled Heaven - Conway Twitty [00:06.54]Over the battle fields [00:07.70]Of all the great wars [00:09.00]Since the beginning of [00:09.88]Time Have walked perhaps [00:12.10]The bravest heroes of [00:13.07]Them all [00:13.68] [00:14.34]The men known simply [00:15.40]By the soldiers as the Chaplain [00:17.10] [00:17.71]And this is the story [00:18.82]Of but one of the many [00:20.18]And many thousands who [00:21.20]Gave his life in the service [00:22.65]Of his God and his country [00:23.98] [00:24.69]There's a star spangled [00:27.85]Heaven for every soldier boy [00:32.75]Who fights to keep our [00:34.77]Country clean and free [00:39.08]So soldier trust in Jesus [00:42.31]Let him fill your heart with joy [00:45.56] [00:46.13]He'll stand by you [00:47.56]Throughout eternity [00:51.94] [00:53.87]An old old army chaplain who [00:57.08]Was stooped and bent with years [00:58.96] [01:00.41]Was walkin' o'er the battle [01:02.22]Field his old eyes filled with tears [01:05.72] [01:07.41]He was searching for the wounded [01:09.52] [01:10.43]To try to ease their pain [01:12.51] [01:13.82]And for those he knew would never [01:15.62]Live to rise and fight again [01:18.74] [01:20.53]For life for them was over their [01:24.09]Earthly cares were done [01:25.77] [01:27.00]They had gone to meet their [01:28.80]Saviour their battle had been won [01:32.29] [01:33.62]And I couldn't help but notice [01:35.58] [01:36.73]As he went from place to place [01:38.67] [01:40.19]That each soldier boy had died [01:42.08]Fighting with a smile upon his face [01:45.27] [01:46.97]And I saw him kneel beside each [01:49.11]One and slowly breathe the prayer [01:52.03] [01:53.60]While the tears were streamin' [01:55.32]Down his face [01:56.12]And the wind blew through his hair [01:58.60] [02:00.08]And I could hear the big guns [02:01.76]Boomin' o'er the hill and not too far away [02:05.70] [02:06.91]And as I turned to leave him [02:08.71] [02:09.79]That's when I heard him say [02:11.58] [02:13.82]There's a star spangled heaven [02:17.36]For every soldier boy [02:20.49] [02:21.11]Who fights to keep our country [02:23.91]Clean and free [02:27.38]So soldier trust in Jesus let [02:30.93]Him fill your heart with joy [02:34.36]He'll stand by you [02:35.90]Throughout eternity [02:40.25] [02:41.96]Though days and month and even years [02:44.28]Have slowly drifted by [02:46.97] [02:48.18]And all we have are the mem'ries [02:50.34] [02:51.38]Of our boys who have to die [02:53.30] [02:55.17]They're living with their [02:56.41]Saviour beyond the crystal sea [03:00.29] [03:01.85]In the Star Spangled Heaven [03:03.57] [03:04.77]Throughout eternity