may not be a tune but this is what today is about.

A new release from one of my outlaw favorites. Pays tribute to Chris Kyle and Pat Tillman

The Dropkick Murphys (if you're blue collar, a cop or a fireman from New England, you have to like the Dropkick Murphys, it's a law) wrote this as a tribute to one of their fans who was killed in Iraq. A lot of it was from his last letters home to his wife and parents.

Hello there my dearest love
Today I write to you about our sons
The boys start school today
They're the spitting image of you in every way

Hey son, it's Dad
I hope this letter finds you well out of harm's way
We saw the news today, it frightened your mom
Now all she does is pray

If I lead, will you follow?
Will you follow if I lead?

Hey Melissa, it's me, don't be afraid
I'm in good hands, I'm gonna be home soon
It's time to watch the children grow up
I wanna be more than a voice on the phone

Thanks Ma, I got your package today
I love "The Fields Of Athenry"
I swear I want 'em to play that song on the pipes
At my funeral when I die

I stand alone in the distance
As the foreground slowly moves
I stand alone in the distance
As the foreground slowly moves…

Yes Sir.

Lots of good music there.