Mark Schultz - Letters From War
She walked to the mailbox
On that bright summer's day
Found a letter from her son
In a war far away
He spoke of the weather
And good friends that he'd made
Said "I've been thinking about Dad and the life that he had
That's why I'm here today"
And at the end said "you are what I'm fighting for"
It was the first of his letters from war
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She started writing "You're good,
And you're brave, what a father you'll be someday
Make it home, make it safe"
She wrote every night as she prayed
Late in December
A day she'll not forget
Her tears stained the paper
With every word that she read
It said, "I was up on a hill
I was out there alone
When the shots all rang out
And the bombs were exploding
And that's when I saw him
He came back for me
And though he was captured
A man set me free
And that man was your son
He asked me to write you
I told him 'I would, ' oh I swore"
It was the last of the letters from war
And she prayed he was living
Kept on believing
And wrote every night just to say...
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Then two years later
Autumn leaves all around
A car pulled in the driveway
And she fell to the ground
And out stepped a captain
Where her boy used to stand
He said "Mom, I'm following orders
From all of your letters
And I've come home again"
He ran in to hold her
And dropped all his bags to the floor
Holding all of her letters from war
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home