Forever War
He took me to the altar
His metals all alight
We made ourselves a home
Our future looked so bright
There was that time
Brass bugles they did roar
The music He did follow
Into forever war
He got onto a green bus
To where there was a fight
He wrote me that he’d be okay
That everything’s alright
Chorus
When his country came a calling
He didn’t ask what for
His job was just to fight in
This forever war.
I felt a heartbeat singing
Unexpectedly
New life inside me growing
To love and comfort me
I stayed away from tv
The news was always grim
Our baby kept on growing
While I waited for him
To come home
Please come home
To come home
Please come home
One day they came a knockin
With medals shiny bright
Come all the way to tell me
Things won’t be alright
They’ll never be alright
Chorus
When his country came a calling
He didn’t ask what for
His job was just to fight in
This forever war
Verse 3
Timmy now is older
Than the fight that took my love
He wants to be like daddy
Still watching from above
I wonder when they’ll come a knockin ( will they come a knockin)
With medals shiny bright
Come all the way to tell me
Things won’t be alright
They’ll never be alright
Chorus
When his country came a calling
He didn’t ask what for
His job was just to fight in
This forever war
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