Still a Soldier
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Trace Adkins and The Six-String Soldiers perform "Still a Soldier."
Country Music legend Trace Adkins joins the Six-String Soldiers of the US Army Field Band to perform the hit song "Still a Soldier" as part of Salute to Service 2025: A Veteran's Day Celebration.
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Still a Soldier
Clip: 11/10/2025 | 3m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Country Music legend Trace Adkins joins the Six-String Soldiers of the US Army Field Band to perform the hit song "Still a Soldier" as part of Salute to Service 2025: A Veteran's Day Celebration.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ He's got a corner lot on Dogwood Drive ♪ A year old truck and a nine to five ♪ Comes home at night to a pretty wife ♪ With a baby due ♪ He'll sleep in on Saturday ♪ Cut the grass if it don't rain ♪ After church he'll watch the game ♪ And have a beer or two ♪ He'll stand up ♪ When he hears the anthem ♪ And that won't ever change ♪ ‘Cause he's still a soldier ♪ His blood runs red, white and blue ♪ He put away his gun and boots ♪ And he still believes ♪ The American Dream ♪ Til his last breath he'll always be ♪ A soldier ♪ He's still a soldier ♪ He's on his couch for the news at ten ♪ He'll see those places that he's been ♪ And when a brother falls ♪ A part of him does too ♪ And if they called ♪ And needed him back home ♪ He'd be on that plane ♪ ‘Cause he's still a soldier ♪ His blood runs red, white and blue ♪ He put away his gun and boots ♪ And he still believes ♪ The American Dream ♪ Til his last breath he'll always be ♪ A soldier ♪♪♪ ♪ He don't wake up anymore ♪ When he hears thunder ♪ Oh, but even if he lives ♪ To be a hundred ♪ He'll still be a soldier ♪ He's still a soldier ♪ He's put away his gun and boots ♪ And he still believes ♪ The American Dream ♪ Til his last breath he'll always be ♪ A soldier ♪ He's still a soldier ♪ He's still a soldier ♪♪ ♪♪♪ To those who have served, thank you.
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