DANNY
All the weak people
Have left or been sent home,
Folks respect me
I haven’t given up.
The Chinese jokes
Just keep on coming
I’m running out of comebacks,
But i’m not giving up.
Waiting to deploy
To Afghanistan
Supposed to leave last week,
But got bumped off the flight.
Damn my life!
I’ll be in a new unit
Where I won’t know anyone.
Just want to get started.
To be the hero
I know that I can be
The guy we all love
In movies and on tv.
None of those heroes
Ever look like me.
But i can change that.
Become something new.
I just need a chance ...
SERGEANT
Private Danny Chen!
Report to the airstrip
Shipping out
At sixteen hundred hours!
DANNY
I’m tough and a survivor
Hurting but not broken
Survived basic training
Made it this far.
MOTHER CHEN
Ah Fai, if only
I could have saved you.
Ah Fai, I won’t stop,
Until I save you.
JOSEPHINE
I saw our future
Bright as the moon,
But the moon’s no longer full,
Now that you’re gone
In some desert, far away.
Do you see the same moon
As you live your dream?
Do dreams come true?
I wish I knew.
I wish I was brave like you.
DANNY
I thought I could do it
Now i've been proven right
Not only to the army,
But most of all, to me.
My heart had a dream.
That dream was true.
I’m off to battle.
To be a soldier
An american soldier
For all the world to see.
MOTHER CHEN
Ah Fai, you went to war
To serve this country
And now this country
Must not abandon you.
It’s only fair
It’s only right
I’ll fight to make sure
That justice is done
In this American courtroom
For all the world to see.