Different Drum
David Had An Eagle Tatooed On His Right Arm
He Got It Back in High School, When We Were Working On the Farm
He's Still Got That Arrowhead We Found When We Were Kids
And I Knew We Would Be Like Brothers, Well Just As Long As We Both Lived
I Still Got My Memories of the Night We Jumped the Fence
Stole You Uncle's Pickup Truck, Drove It Up Around the Bend
You Were the Handsome Cowboy, I the Trusty Brave
We Were Looking For Some Fallen Angel Waiting to Be Saved
Well For Some It Just Comes So Easy
For Others Seems Its Bread in the Bones
But We Danced to the Beat of a Different Drum
Then the One We Heard At Home
I Went to the Mountains, I Was Reaching For the Sun
I Was On Fire For Leaving, This Angry Battle I Thought I'd Won
David Dug His Trenches, He Fought His War At Home
My Mountain Soon Was Crumbling, God I Was All Alone
Well For Some It Just Comes So Easy
And For Others Its Bread in Their Bones
But I Danced to the Beat of a Different Drum
Then the One I Heard At Home
It Was Years Before the Smoke Cleared, I Could Come Back Home Again
Look My Father in the Eyes, I Could Finally Let Him In
For He Was Not the Enemy, no the Enemy Was Within
And I Knew the Day They Understood Because David Was My Friend
Well For Some You Know It Comes So Easy
And For Others Seems Its Bread in Their Bones
But I Still Danced to the Beat of a Different Drum
Then the One I Heard At Home
I Will Always Dance to the Beat of a Different Drum
For the Warrior Has Come Home
Tambor Diferente
David tenía un águila tatuada en su brazo derecho
Se la hizo en la secundaria, cuando trabajábamos en la granja
Todavía conserva la punta de flecha que encontramos de niños
Y sabía que seríamos como hermanos, al menos mientras viviéramos
Todavía guardo recuerdos de la noche que saltamos la cerca
Robamos la camioneta de tu tío, la llevamos hasta la curva
Tú eras el apuesto vaquero, yo el valiente leal
Buscábamos algún ángel caído esperando ser salvado
Para algunos es tan fácil
Para otros parece estar en la sangre
Pero bailamos al ritmo de un tambor diferente
Al que escuchábamos en casa
Fui a las montañas, buscaba el sol
Estaba ardiendo por irme, esta batalla enojada que pensé haber ganado
David cavó sus trincheras, luchó su guerra en casa
Mi montaña pronto se desmoronaba, Dios, estaba completamente solo
Para algunos es tan fácil
Y para otros está en sus huesos
Pero yo bailaba al ritmo de un tambor diferente
Al que escuchaba en casa
Pasaron años antes de que se despejara el humo, pude volver a casa
Mirar a mi padre a los ojos, finalmente pude dejarlo entrar
Porque él no era el enemigo, no, el enemigo estaba dentro
Y supe que el día que entendieron fue porque David era mi amigo
Para algunos sabes que es tan fácil
Y para otros parece estar en sus huesos
Pero yo seguía bailando al ritmo de un tambor diferente
Al que escuchaba en casa
Siempre bailaré al ritmo de un tambor diferente
Porque el guerrero ha vuelto a casa
Escrita por: Darrell Scott / Bill Miller