verse 1 elijah was a seargant forty two years old from mesa arizona elijah wont grow old patrick was with c troop second armored cav his buddies all remember how patrick loved to laugh seth was from east brunswick just a newlywed somewhere in new jersey seth's young widow bows her head daniel was from boston shipped out from fort bragg his mother got back daniel with a folded flag oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the heros you fly.....home Verse william served in anbar combat engineer first marine division william is not here alan rebuilt bridges for batalion b next to cause of death they wrote the letters i.e.d. gussie was a scrub nurse hailing from fort bliss gussie had a spirit this worlds gonna miss jeramiah's son cries on his momma's knee there was no armor plating on his dad's hmmv oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the fallen you fly Bridge scrubbed wooden pallets with white straps cinched over long boxes of flag drapped aluminum the c-5 is crowded when it lands in dover the honor guard comes to make room again and again and again and again Verse make it straight for nineva just like jonas wale holy truth you swallow over seas you sail sacred is your cargo precious was their gift offered in a sand storm from which your wings lift those who should take notice can't watch you set down behind barbed wire fences miles from their town no one breathes to question this silent parade except for the anguished loved ones left to say oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the heros you fly.....home