From the recording Great Big Sky
Lyrics
<p><strong>Soldier</strong></p>
<p>© 2012 Hike the Stone, BMI</p>
<p>Words and Music by: Daryl W. Dasher</p>
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<p>I’m coughing and I’m coughing, no rest can I get</p>
<p>For it’s “third tour of duty night” here in my head</p>
<p>I’m tied to my bed by a net of black ink</p>
<p>One string for each thought I’d rather not think</p>
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<p>And I know it’s not something a soldier’s supposed to say</p>
<p>But I’m tired and I’ve had enough war</p>
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<p>There’s corn outside my window in fall</p>
<p>Then come the winter, nothing at all</p>
<p>Spring brings a rain that cuts through my bones</p>
<p>That’s usually the time that I’m leaving home</p>
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<p>I hope, dear God, that I’ve done nothing wrong</p>
<p>Please stand by my children until I can get home</p>
<p>Then if that is something you’ve got time to do</p>
<p>Please stand by me and my buddies too</p>