[ti:Letters From Home]
[ar:John Michael Montgomery]
[00:08.30]My  Dear  Son,it's  almost  June,
[00:11.79]I  hope  this  letter  catches  up  with  you,and  finds  you  well.
[00:19.34]Its  been  dry  but  they're  calling  for  rain,
[00:23.17]And  everything's  the  same  ol'same  in  Johnsonville.
[00:30.99]Your  stubborn 'ol  Daddy  ain't  said  too  much,
[00:36.34]But  I'm  sure  you  know  he  sends  his  love,
[00:40.35]And  she  goes  on,
[00:43.89]In  a  letter  from  home.
[00:49.42]I  hold  it  up  and  show  my  buddies,
[00:52.08]Like  we  ain't  scared  and  our  boots  ain't  muddy,and  they  all  laugh,
[00:58.01]Like  there's  something  funny  bout'the  way  I  talk,
[01:02.37]When  I  say:"Mama  sends  her  best  y'all.
[01:08.07]I  fold  it  up  an'put  it  in  my  shirt,
[01:11.12]Pick  up  my  gun  and  get  back  to  work.
[01:16.62]And  it  keeps  me  driving  me  on,
[01:21.67]Waiting  on  letters  from  home.
[01:34.40]My  Dearest  Love,it's  almost  dawn.
[01:38.20]I ’ve  been  lying  here  all  night  long  wondering  where  you  might  be.
[01:45.55]I  saw  your  Mama  and  I  showed  her  the  ring.
[01:49.31]Man  on  the  television  said  something  so  I  couldn't  sleep.
[01:56.89]But  I'll  be  all  right,I'm  just  missing  you.
[02:02.97]And  this  is  me  kissing  you:
[02:06.92]XX's  and  OO's,
[02:10.17]In  a  letter  from  home.
[02:15.53]I  hold  it  up  and  show  my  buddies,
[02:18.42]Like  we  ain't  scared  and  our  boots  ain't  muddy,and  they  all  laugh,
[02:24.14]Cause  she  calls  me  Honey,but  they  take  it  hard,
[02:29.13]Cause  I  don't  read  the  good  parts.
[02:34.33]I  fold  it  up  and  put  it  in  my  shirt,
[02:37.34]Pick  up  my  gun  an'get  back  to  work.
[02:42.88]And  it  keeps  me  driving  me  on,
[02:48.08]Waiting  on  letters  from  home.
[03:00.94]Dear  Son,I  know  I  ain't  written,
[03:03.95]But  sittin'here  tonight,alone  in  the  kitchen,it  occurs  to  me,
[03:09.35]I  might  not  have  said,so  I'll  say  it  now:
[03:13.89]Son,you  make  me  proud.
[03:22.35]I  hold  it  up  and  show  my  buddies,
[03:25.80]Like  we  ain't  scared  and  our  boots  ain't  muddy,but  no  one  laughs,
[03:31.45]Cause  there  ain't  nothing  funny  when  a  soldier  cries.
[03:36.57]An'I  just  wipe  me  eyes.
[03:41.87]I  fold  it  up  and  put  it  in  my  shirt,
[03:44.87]Pick  up  my  gun  an'get  back  to  work.
[03:50.43]And  it  keeps  me  driving  on,
[03:55.63]Waiting  on  letters  from  home.