Soldier's Thoughts
Left behind my woman
Left behind my home
Left behind my children
Gone to fight and roam
In a war I don't believe
Fightin' in a fruitless war
Answer this my friend
What am I fightin' for?
Tell me it's for freedom
Tell me it's for lust
Tell me things I don't believe
Just who can I trust?
Hard to trust anyone
Who kills their own brethren
Keep tellin' myself I'll get back
Time and time again
Don't know when I'll return
Don't know If I can
All I know is that this war
Has changed every man
Fathers, sons, and brothers
All changed to the last
I was told by a friend
That this would end fast
Three years I've been roamin'
For my life I do fend
Don't see light, I don't see closure
When will this war end?
Copyright © Kyle Perkins | Year Posted 2008
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