What for?

As the lone soldier walks among the field of blood and gore
He asks himself,

What for? What for?

The young solider left his young fiancée

Standing at the door
And he asks himself,

What for? What for?

Leaving a baby boy without his father
Harming him to the core
And he asks himself,

What for? What for?

He looks up at the flag on the hill
And he asks himself,

What for? What for?