Cenotaph / Letter from Amsterdam

Snow hard up against my doorway And it's falling twice as fast Funny I was just thinking of you my friend How long you were gonna last Driving those blizzards cross Europe Snow chains on you back 64 feet of mobile thunder, leaving a ten wheel track It's good to hear from you, go easy when you can My day is better for your letter from Amsterdam I stand alone by the Cenotaph Where the unknown soldier lies And it's somewhere out there that you are This freedom angel died To save us from depression Today I look around, boys our age and younger I fear we let them down It's good to hear from you, go easy when you can My day is better for your letter from Amsterdam The town square's disappearing It drifts up to my knees Midnight silence deafening And my feet begin to freeze Is it because we don't remember? We cannot understand? But me and the unknown soldier Got your letter from Amsterdam