Story Behind The Song

Too many friends in too many wars---let's get this done and get 'em home!

Song Description

Lot of guys coming back from Iraq found an empty home. A lot of them couldn't adjust and then there relationships dissolved later. In this song though, it works out well, she's waiting for him and he can't wait to get back home.

Lyrics

One Day And A Wake Up

Jeff Bomber/James Baney ã 2006

D A
Another sunset?s down upon this desert road
G A
This armor?s heavy and I find myself alone
D A
Shipped out in a morning when you were still asleep
G A
Didn?t get to say goodbye and tell you I?m for keeps
D A
And I?m gettin? worried, cause my best friend John,
G A
Got stateside yesterday and found his Lisa gone


CHORUS
D A G
So I pray there?s no road long enough in all the world
D A G
There?s no war that?s rough enough to keep us both alone
D A D
One day and a wake up and I?ll be home


D A
Now this old highway isn?t ever friendly,
G A
And many of my buds aren?t coming home
D A
But I?m not sayin? this war is right or wrong,
G A
I?m just a soldier, trying to be semper fi
D A
Now I know there is a reason the good Lord?s kept me alive
G A
Cause I?m comin? home to you again I know I will survive


CHORUS

Bm F#m A
Been in so many desert towns I miss our little place
Bm F#m G A
Been away from you so long will you remember my face?

Bm
(spoken) It?s mail call
A
the letter?s shaking in my hands,
Bm A
I go to the last line and this is what it says:
D A
?I need you more than yesterday, I need you more each and every way G A
And I can?t wait to see you again?



CHORUS

D A G
So there?s no road long enough in all the world
D A G
There?s no war that?s rough enough to keep us both alone
D A D
One day and a wake up and I?ll be home:ll