Lucinda Williams - Soldier's Song lyrics

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I met my enemy today

Baby sends the little one out to play

Enemy shot two of my buddies down

Baby rides the little one on the

merry-go-round

By my post, I?m standing guard

Baby hopes for roses in the front yard

I don?t know my enemy?s name

Baby takes the little one to a

baseball game

Why am I in this God forsaken place?

Baby washes the dirt off the

little one?s face

Ten year olds in the killing fields

Baby?s planning the weekly meals

Bodies in a muddy ditch

Baby?s got supper to fix

My buddy?s got a hole in his head

Baby?s getting? the little one ready for bed

Today I shot my enemy

Baby gives the little one a hug for me

Both my buddy?s legs got blown off

Baby tends to the little one?s cough

I stare down the barrel of a gun

Baby?s goin? out to have some fun

I hear ringing in my ears

Baby?s face is all wet with tears

I hear echoes of shots

Baby?s only thinkin? sweet thoughts

Why the hell did they send me

here to fight?

Baby kisses my picture and turns

off the light

I can?t look my enemy in the eye

Baby tells the little one, daddy?s

gone bye-bye

Today I took a bullet through the heart

Baby?s gonna have to make a

brand new start

I met my enemy today

Baby sends the little one out to play

Enemy shot two of my buddies down

Baby rides the little one on the

merry-go-round