Tolman to sing “Lonely in the Lone Star” at Family’s Request
All proceeds from release to benefit
“Heroes Never Forgotten, A Gold Star Tribute for the Celebration of Life”
JACKSON, Wy. – Nashville’s Jenny Tolman is honored to be invited by the family and friends of American hero Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum to perform at his memorial service Saturday, Oct. 23 in McCollum’s hometown of Jackson, Wyoming. At the family’s request, Tolman will sing “Lonely in the Lone Star” a song with lyrics that paint an all too familiar picture for the McCollum family.
McCollum, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine, died along with 12 other U.S. service members on Aug. 26 during a suicide bombing and gun attack, which occurred during evacuation efforts at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. His wife, Jiennah, recently welcomed their baby daughter, Levi Rylee Rose McCollum.
The day of the memorial, Saturday, October 23, Tolman will make available “Lonely in the Lone Star” on all digital music platforms, with 100% of the song’s proceeds going to “Heroes Never Forgotten, A Gold Star Tribute for the Celebration of Life.” The fund supports all 13 Gold Star families who lost loved ones in the Kabul bombing.
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“Lonely in the Lone Star”
(Dave Brainard, Jenny Tolman, Bill Whyte)
There’s no shooting stars over San Antone
At least none that are worth wishing on
Got a stack of letters and the full moon as a reading light
Sure is lonely in the lone star tonight
There’s a picture on our wall, they took of you at Lackland
And my old phone number you wrote on a Rosario’s napkin
This ole quarter karat’s still shining bright
Sure is lonely in the lone star tonight
This heavy heart, I’m on my knees with it
There’s no prayer I know to make peace with it
All the some days, the dreams, yeah the life we planned
Wasn’t meant to include Afghanistan
Now That yellow ribbon is nearly faded white
Sure is lonely in the lone star tonight
What I swore, that day, was you, knocking at the door
Was just three men in uniform
Saying something about honor and sacrifice
Sure is lonely in the lone star tonight
This heavy heart, I’m on my knees with it
There’s no prayer I know to make peace with it
There’s no shooting stars over San Antone
At least none that are worth wishing on
Just a folded flag in the full moon light
Sure is lonely in the lone star tonight