| 歌曲 | A Father's Arms |
| 歌手 | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 专辑 | Town By Town |
| 作词 : Aijala | |
| The news it came to me as a surprise | |
| And I knew that I would have to deal in time | |
| And as the messanger walked right off the porch | |
| A memory came to me from times before | |
| I remember when my dad was called away | |
| My mother put his pictures all away | |
| And now the time had come for me to go | |
| To my love my tears I tried not to show | |
| Chorus: | |
| With tear drops on my face | |
| Thinking 'bout that old homeplace | |
| Riding across the planes in the rain | |
| The letters from my dad described the war | |
| His food was canned, his boots they made him sore | |
| And one letter from my dad spoke of a friend | |
| Who got lost between the water and the land | |
| Now I'm the one writing letters to my son | |
| I'll be home as soon as the fightin's done | |
| With my gun in hand I guess it's hard to see | |
| What it was that used to be inside of me | |
| [ Chorus ] | |
| Today we moved in sight of the enemy | |
| Though I didn't even know what they had done | |
| The general yelled to me, when I count to three | |
| Get on your feet and start to run | |
| That's the last event I can recall | |
| The tent was big but could not hold us all | |
| Though I'll never know what got the best of me | |
| I swear I felt my dad looking over me | |
| [ Chorus - x2 ] |
| zuò cí : Aijala | |
| The news it came to me as a surprise | |
| And I knew that I would have to deal in time | |
| And as the messanger walked right off the porch | |
| A memory came to me from times before | |
| I remember when my dad was called away | |
| My mother put his pictures all away | |
| And now the time had come for me to go | |
| To my love my tears I tried not to show | |
| Chorus: | |
| With tear drops on my face | |
| Thinking ' bout that old homeplace | |
| Riding across the planes in the rain | |
| The letters from my dad described the war | |
| His food was canned, his boots they made him sore | |
| And one letter from my dad spoke of a friend | |
| Who got lost between the water and the land | |
| Now I' m the one writing letters to my son | |
| I' ll be home as soon as the fightin' s done | |
| With my gun in hand I guess it' s hard to see | |
| What it was that used to be inside of me | |
| Chorus | |
| Today we moved in sight of the enemy | |
| Though I didn' t even know what they had done | |
| The general yelled to me, when I count to three | |
| Get on your feet and start to run | |
| That' s the last event I can recall | |
| The tent was big but could not hold us all | |
| Though I' ll never know what got the best of me | |
| I swear I felt my dad looking over me | |
| Chorus x2 |