Body of War Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran movie - Day After Tomorrow lyrics

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Song by Tom Waits<br /><br>

I got your letter today <br>

And I miss you all so much, here <br>

I can't wait to see you all <br>

And I'm counting the days, dear <br>

I still believe that there's gold <br>

At the end of the world <br>

And I'll come home <br>

To Illinois <br>

On the day after tomorrow <br>

<br>

It is so hard <br>

And it's cold here <br>

And I'm tired of taking orders <br>

And I miss old Rockford town <br>

Up by the Wisconsin border <br>

But I miss you won't believe <br>

Shoveling snow and raking leaves <br>

And my plane will touch tomorrow <br>

On the day after tomorrow <br>

<br>

I close my eyes <br>

Every night <br>

And I dream that I can hold you <br>

They fill us full of lies <br>

Everyone buys <br>

About what it means to be a soldier <br>

I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel <br>

About all the blood that's been spilled <br>

Look out on the street <br>

Get me back home <br>

On the day after tomorrow <br>

<br>

You can't deny <br>

The other side <br>

Don't want to die <br>

Any more than we do <br>

What I'm trying to say, <br>

Is don't they pray <br>

To the same God that we do? <br>

Tell me, how does God choose? <br>

Whose prayers does he refuse? <br>

Who turns the wheel? <br>

And who throws the dice <br>

On the day after tomorrow? <br>

<br>

Mmmmmmm... <br>

I'm not fighting <br>

For justice <br>

I am not fighting <br>

For freedom <br>

I am fighting <br>

For my life <br>

And another day <br>

In the world here <br>

I just do what I've been told <br>

You're just the gravel on the road <br>

And the one's that are lucky <br>

One's come home <br>

On the day after tomorrow <br>

<br>

And the summer <br>

It too will fade <br>

And with it comes the winter's frost, dear <br>

And I know we too are made <br>

Of all the things that we have lost here <br>

I'll be twenty-one today <br>

I've been saving all my pay <br>

And my plane will touch down <br>

On the day after tomorrow <br>

And my plane it will touch down <br>

On the day after tomorrow<br>

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