Bean Pole Poet Lyric

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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Milton Robertson November 18, 2023 at 6:32 PM Such a sad bur beautiful poem full of majesty and might, so when will we step out of the darkness and into God's beautiful Light.

Mary Susan Vaughn November 13, 2023 at 10:36 AM I was watching “The Pacific” by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, when I read your poem. I’m sorry for your loss. You told a story of war, and it’s true, it seems there is always a war going on. Praying for peace and life.

Jan Allison October 11, 2023 at 2:52 PM I have to admire those who fight for their country - incredibly brave men and women, I guess some follow in their father's footsteps if they were brought up in a military environment, others make the choice of career for themselves knowing the risks involved. hugs Jan x Bean Pole October 12, 2023 at 5:42 PM Thank you, Jan.