Here's a girl like you and me
Born to live and to be free
She said just before
I close my eyes
For the last time
Everything done unto me
Will roll down into the sea
Saltwater
I will sting and purify
And away I will fly
Sight unseen and sound unheard
No evidence left on the earth
See that light swing through the trees
See yourself and then see me
She was young and very poor
When they came knocking at her door
Recruiting officers clean cut and fine
In their uniforms that shined
In her eyes that shined

In her eyes
All she'd known was what she'd been told
She meant nothing in her household
So she held her breath
And signed her name
And got herself on that morning train
Sight unseen and sound unheard
No evidence left on the earth
ités
See that light shine through the trees
See yourself and then see me
Proud to work and proud to serve
Till she found no place to turn
Her fellow officers circled round
And one by one they took her down
The light of day is her defense
But this is a war of no evidence
Like the countless lost on both sides
The cost is more than the earth can bear
She said no American flag with thirteen folds
Will represent my blessed soul
The sight unseen, the sound unheard
No evidence left on the earth
No evidence left on the earth
See that light swing through the trees
See yourself and then see me
The sight unseen, the sound unheard
No evidence left on the earth
See that light swing through the trees
See yourself
And then see me