I never thought that this is where 
I'd settle down, 
I thought I'd die an old man back 
in my hometown, 
they gave me this plot of land, me and 
some other men, for a job well done. 
There's a big white house sits on a hill 
just up the road, the man inside 
he cried the day they brought me home, 
they folded up a flag and told my 
mom and dad, we're proud of your son.

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful
piece of property, 
I'm on sacred ground and I'm 
in the best of company, 
I'm thankful for those thankful 
for the things I've done, 
I can rest in piece, I'm one of the chosen ones, 
I made it to Arlington.

I remember daddy brought me here 
when I was eight, 
we searched all day to find out where 
my granddad lay, 
and when we finally found that cross, 
he said, "son this is what it cost 
to keep us free". 
Now here I am, a thousand stones 
away from him ,he  reconized me
on the first day I came in, 
and it gave me a chill when 
he clicked his heels, and saluted me.

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful 
piece of property, 
I'm on sacred ground and I'm 
in the best of company, 
and I'm thankful for those thankful for 
the things I've done, 
I can rest in piece, I'm one of the chosen ones, 
I made it to Arlington.

And every time I hear twenty-one guns, 
I know they brought another hero home to us.

We're thankful for those thankful for 
the things we've done, 
we can rest in peace, we are the chosen ones, 
we made it to Arlington, yea dust to dust, 
don't cry for us, 
we made it to Arlington.