Letters from Home - John Michael Montgomery

Sitting restless under the moonlight I know I'm getting ready to kill They say we're going in with the daylight I don't want to but I will Cause I won't know the man that kills me And I don't know these man I kill I pray to God for my salvation Wash away the blood I spill I try not to think about my family Cause it's a little too much take Now here I got me and I got my buddy Who can't afford even one mistake I'm sorry about writing on dirty cardboard It's the only paper I can find Tell everyone I got their letters Tell everyone I'm doing fine Late at night when I can dream I I think about life back in the world I miss you and Dad I miss sister Sarah I Miss my wife and baby girl Pray for me pray for my soul ma Pray for me and all my sins They say I got a job to do now And I'll be back when it finally ends Do you think I should be fighting? Mom are you proud are you ashamed I really am trying to do the right thing I hope my government can say the same Cause I won't know the man that kills me And I don't know these man that I kill Cause not one of us doing god's will

So, I'm writin' you this letter between rests 'Cause yesterday a bullet found my chest And I don't got the energy to dress myself And I can't walk without help And I, I can't remember why I joined this war And I can't tell you what we're fightin' for I guess I wasn't smart enough to see the game And that no one's keepin' score And now, you would not believe the things I miss It's all the little things that fill that list Like playin' with the dogs and helpin' father chop the wood behind the fence Now I, I'm not sure if I'll see another day The doctor said it could go either way But I just wanted you to know no matter if I sink or fall, or blink out in this hospital That I'm alright, yeah, I made peace with it all Mistakes and all Mistakes and all Mistakes and all Mistakes and all Mistakes and all Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

She walked to the mailbox On that bright summers 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'd been thinking 'bout dad And the life that he had that's why, I'm here today" And then in the end he said, "You are what I'm fighting for" It was the first of his letters from war She started writing You're good and you're brave What a father that 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 Oh, 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 bombs were exploding 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 to 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 You are good and you're brave What a father that you'll be someday Make it home, make it safe Still she kept writing each day 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 followin' orders From all of your letters and I've come home again" He ran into hold her, dropped all his bags on the floor Holdin' all of her letters from war Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home

I guess I'm just a little bit scared I guess I'm not as strong as I thought When I see you lying there I worry about losing you I used to think of only me but that was long ago Now I find it hard to conceive life without you Baby I don't want to be the one to face this life All alone at the end of the day When the sun goes down I want you right here in my arms forever Every little smile, every move you make It's like a dagger to my heart, took my breath away Now all I ask is that you be mine forever, forever So think about what you're doing here If you're anything less than sincere tell me now And let yourself out the door No harm, no foul, kill me now, save me all the pain But if you feel the way I do stay, let me make love to you Baby I don't want to be the one to face this life All alone at the end of the day When the sun goes down I want you right here in my arms forever Every little smile, every move you make It's like a dagger to my heart, took my breath away All I ask is that you be mine forever, forever Forever Baby I don't want to be the one to face this life All alone at the end of the day When the sun goes down I want you right here in my arms forever Every little smile, every move you make It's like a dagger to my heart, took my breath away All I ask is that you be mine forever, forever Forever, forever, forever I guess I'm just a little bit scared I guess I'm not as strong as I thought When I see you lying there I worry about losing you

You say it's cold back there in Denver A foot of new snow on the ground You're all bundled up in blankets I'd give anything to be there with you now I'd cover you in kisses Hold you in my arms That's all that I can think of Every minute we're apart Darlin,' I've been livin' For the moment that we touch So I can cover you in kisses And wrap you in my love Baby, keep that fire burnin' Pour a glass of that sweet wine Let your hair down on your shoulders And I'll be there just in time To cover you in kisses Hold you in my arms That's all that I can think of Every minute we're apart Darlin', I've been livin' For the moment that we touch So I can cover you in kisses And wrap you in my love Darlin,' I've been livin' For the moment that we touch So I can cover you in kisses And wrap you in my love I wanna cover you in kisses And wrap you in my love