| My dearest son its almost June
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| I hope this letter catches up with you, and finds you well
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| its been dry but theyre calling for rain
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| and everythings the same old same, in Johnsonville
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| your stubborn old daddy aint said too much
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| but Im sure you know he sends his love
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| and she goes on, in a letter from home
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| I hold it up and show my buddies
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| like we aint scared and are boots aint muddy
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| and they all laugh like theres something funny bout the way I talk
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| when I say momma sends her best y’all
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| I fold it up and put it in my shirt
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| pick up my gun and get back to work
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| and it keeps me drivin on waitin on, letters from home
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| My dearest love its almost dawn
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| I been lying here all night long
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| wonderin where you might be I saw your momma and I showed her the ring
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| man on the television said some things, so I couldnt sleep
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| but Ill be all right I’m just missin’you
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| and this is me kissing you
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| X’s and O’s, in a letter from home
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| I hold it up and show my buddies
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| like we aint scared and are boots aint muddy
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| and they all laugh cause she calls me honey
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| but they take it hard, cause I dont read the good parts
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| I fold it up and put it in my shirt
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| pick up my gun and get back to work
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| and it keeps me drivin on waitin on, letters from home
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| Dear son I know I aint written
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| and sitting here tonight alone in the kitchen it occurs to me
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| I might not have said it so Ill say it now
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| son you make me proud
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| I hold it up and show my buddies
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| like we aint scared and are boots aint muddy
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| but no one laughs, cause there aint nothing funny when a soldier cries
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| and I just wipe my eyes
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| I fold it up and put it in my shirt
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| pick up my gun and get back to work
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| and it keeps me drivin on waitin on, letters from home |