Garth Brooks (1962) American country music artist
Standing Outside the Fire, written by Jenny Yates and G. Brooks.
Song lyrics, In Pieces (1993)
“To stand on the firing parapet and expose yourself to danger; to stand and fight a thousand miles from home when you’re all alone and outnumbered and probably beaten; to spit on your hands and lower the pike; to stand fast over the body of Leonidas the King; to be rear guard at Kunu-Ri; to stand and be still to the Birkenhead Drill; these are not rational acts. They are often merely necessary.”
There Will Be War (1983)
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