Names

My name is Private John David McCutcheon
I come from the Wyoming Plains
I am the third of five strong boys
But I am just a name
I played safety on my high school football team
We even won a couple of games
But they stand silent at halftime now
For I am just a name

My name is Sergeant Albert Jay Jefferson
I come from Seattle in the rain
I am the only son of Ann and Jerry
But I am just a name
I quit my job as a house painter
When the hard times came
Now the hard times don't bother me no more
For I am just a name


I am just a name
To you, to you
I am just a name
To you, to you
You don't know the things I did
And will never do
For I am just a name To you

My name is Specialist Maria Selena Lopez
I come from Santa Fe
I am the first of my sisters to go to college
But I am just a name
I did exactly what I was told
But things went badly just the same
I am a candle in my mother's hand
But I am just a name

(repeat chorus)