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Dear Mom and Dad, Please Don't Worry |
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They say in this town the stars stay up all night
Well, I don't know, can't see �em for the glow of the
firefights
It's a long way from here to the place where
the home fires burn.
Well it's a few thousand miles and
one right turn.
Dear Mom and Dad please don't worry
I'm safe here with my buddies
Don't need much; just a
picture of you
Please don't worry �cause I'm all right
See I'm standin' guard at the gate tonight
By this month,
I'm gonna be back home with you
Well, I love you more
than anything in the world
Love your baby girl
Black jack, blue sky, big town full of little white lies:
Well, everybody's your friend, you can never be sure.
They'll promise friendship an' other things
When the car
bomb rings
We medics scramble to patch the sore
Dear Mom and Dad please don't worry
I'm safe here
with my buddies
Don't need much; just a picture of you
Please don't worry �cause I'm all right
See I'm standin'
guard at the gate tonight
By this time, I'm gonna be back
home with you
Well, I love you more than anything in the
world
Love your baby girl
I know that I'm on my
way
Well, I thank God for every day
An' I know it's
worth all the dues we pay
When I can write to you and say
Dear Mom and Dad please don't worry
I'm safe here
with my buddies
Don't need much; just a picture of you
Please don't worry �cause I'm all right
See I'm standin'
guard at the gate tonight
By this time, I'm gonna be back
home with you
Well, I love you more than anything in the
world
Love your baby girl
Well, you'll see me in
ribbons an' no curls
I still love you more than anything
in the world
Love your baby girl
Ah yeah
Your baby girl
Dear Mom and Dad please don't worry
I'm
safe here with my buddies
Don't need much; just a picture
of you
Your baby girl
Please don't worry �cause I'm
all right
Standin' guard at the gate tonight
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Flyin' home to you |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2005
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August 9, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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