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Artist: Justin Moore
Track: The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home

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Tour was up, middle of June
She was plannin' a welcome home barbecue
Green bean casserole, Grandma's recipe
There was a knock on her door 'round two o'clock
Two uniforms and her heart stopped
Yellow ribbon 'round an oak tree
Blowing in the breeze

Here's to the ones that didn't make it back home
The ones we ain't seen in so long
The hold up a beer ones, the wish they were here ones
The not forgotten but gone
They're in a better place up there
But they sure left a hole down here
We just go on livin' and go on missin' the ones
The ones that didn't make it back home

The whole town shut down, the whole town showed up
Sang Amazing Grace, watched a slideshow of
His twenty-two years
There was laughs and there was tears
And that preacher talked about sacrifice
And traffic stopped for them Cadillac lights
Johnny sold beer half price that night
And everybody raised 'em high, singin'

Here's to the ones that didn't make it back home
The ones we ain't seen in so long
The hold up a beer ones, the wish they were here ones
The not forgotten but gone
They're in a better place up there
But they sure left a hole down here
We just go on livin' and go on missin' the ones
The ones that didn't make it back home

Back to that front porch
Back through that front door
To the life they were fightin' for

Here's to the ones that didn't make it back home
The ones we ain't seen in so long
The hold up a beer ones, the wish they were here ones
The not forgotten but gone
They're in a better place up there
But they sure left a hole down here
We just go on livin' and go on missin' the ones
The ones that didn't make it back home

The ones that didn't make it back home
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Q:Who wrote “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home” by Justin Moore?
“The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home” by Justin Moore was written by Paul DiGiovanni, Justin Moore, Jeremy Stover & Chase McGill.
Q:When did Justin Moore release “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home”?
Justin Moore released “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home” on October 12, 2018.
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Justin Moore
Justin Cole Moore (born March 30, 1984) is an American country music singer and songwriter, signed to Big Machine Records imprint Valory Music Group. For that label, he has
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