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| John's father was a preacher
Who taught him Thou shalt not kill But when the draft notice came in August Father pronounced it as God's will He boot camped in Mississippi Not far from New Orleans They drilled him and they trained him And marched him straight into the sea Just knowing she was waiting Helped him to survive And when he came close to dying Helped him stay alive Now he's coming home - it's 1945 John met her on his furlough His brother was going out with her best friend She took him home to meet her parents John asked if he could see her again First date was to the movies Drove her home to say goodbye to the family She promised she would write him When he shipped out for overseas Just knowing she was waiting Helped him to survive And when he came close to dying Helped him stay alive Now he's coming home - it's 1945 He got wounded south of Paris In the summer of '44 They patched him up in England Sent him back to the war He remembers the day it ended But he can't recall the place He took her picture from his helmet And just stared into her face Just knowing she was waiting Helped him to survive And when he came close to dying Helped him to survive Now he's coming home - it's 1945 |
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