Lyrics

I'm kneeling down with my heart in my hands I'm too afraid to ask her why
She never said dear John is what I'm getting
Never said it's time to start forgetting

For thirteen months we were fighting in the desert fighting for each others' lives
We're risking all just to keep another breathing
We're winning medals but it's just another sort of grieving


And all I know is my family and my friends
And the children that I hope to have
It's what kept me alive through the days and the nights
It's the woman that I love and the ones I'm holding dear


I give my heart away Oh I offer her a diamond ring
But her silence tells me what her words never say
And all I'm holding now's a bright and shiny thing


I'm kneeling down with my heart in my hands I'm too afraid I'm gonna cry
She never said dear John is what I'm getting
Never said that's where our lives were heading

And when I rise and I look her in the eyes and I try to put it all behind
But then I see myself in the mirror
My medal's shining on my heart that's still near her


And just now it seems that I remember
Something back when we were fighting in the desert
Some were living and some were dying
And overhead the stars were shining through