Song Description
A woman reads a letter written sent home by her boyfriend who is overseas fighting with the marines.
| Song Length |
3:13 |
Genre |
Country - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
Rabbits, Drugs |
| Similar Artists |
Garth Brooks, Joe Diffie |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
TEARS IN THE DESERT
WELL, SHE GOT THE LETTER
IT WAS TATTERED AND STAINED
BUT SHE FELT BETTER
TO READ THE WORDS ON THE PAGE
AND, OH, HOW THEY HIT HER
AS SHE REMEMBERED HIS FACE
AND THE WAY HE LOOKED WHEN HE KISSED HER GOOD-BYE
HER BODY TREMBLED AT THE WORDS SHE READ
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID
THERE ARE TEARS IN THE DESERT
BLOOD ON THE SAND
AND THUNDER IN THE NIGHT-TIME
IN THIS GOD-FORSAKEN LAND
I WISH THAT WE WERE TOGETHER
AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT I'LL BE HOME, GIRL
JUST AS SOON AS I CAN
LATER IN THE MORNING
SHE TURNED ON THE T.V.
WITHOUT ANY WARNING
HE WAS THERE ON THE SCREEN
LOOKING LIKE A HERO
HEADING OUT WITH THE MARINES
WHO WENT TO WAR AND DID NOT QUESTION WHY
SHE HELD HIS LETTER TO HER HEART AND THEN
HEARD HIS WORDS RING ONCE AGAIN
TEARS IN THE DESERT
BLOOD ON THE SAND
AND THUNDER IN THE NIGHT-TIME
IN THIS GOD-FORSAKEN LAND
I WISH THAT WE WERE TOGETHER
AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT I'LL BE HOME, GIRL
JUST AS SOON AS I CAN
BEFORE THE LETTER ENDED
HE WROTE THESE NOBLE WORDS
WE'LL DO OUR JOB AND FIGHT THIS WAR
FOR ALL THE WORLD SO THERE WILL BE NO MORE
NO MORE TEARS IN THE DESERT
BLOOD ON THE SAND
AND THUNDER IN THE NIGHT-TIME
IN THIS GOD-FORSAKEN LAND
SO WE CAN ALL LIVE TOGETHER
AND UNITED WE'LL STAND
AND WE'LL BE HOME, GIRL
JUST AS SOON AS WE CAN
AS SOON AS WE CAN