Letters From Home

Verse 1
Dust on my boots in a foreign place
Tryin’ to remember your sweet face
Your last words still echo clear
“Come back safe, I’ll be right here”
I keep your picture in my vest
Right by the pounding in my chest
And every night before I sleep
I read the lines you wrote to me

Verse 2
Boys beside me from different towns
Different stories but same ground
We laugh to hide what we all know
Not everyone here makes it home
But we stand tall, we hold the line
For freedom bought in sacrifice
And every step through fire and fear
I hear your voice inside my ear

Pre-Chorus
It ain’t about the glory or the pride
It’s about the ones we left behind

Chorus
These are letters from home
Written in your hand
Holdin’ me together
In a broken land
Every word a reason
Every line a prayer
When I feel like fallin’
I find you there
If I don’t make it back someday
Just know I gave my all
With these letters from home

Verse 3
Sun comes up through desert skies
Another day just trying to survive
But hope’s alive in ink and page
Keeps me strong through every wave
And when this war is finally through
The only place I’m running to
Is that porch light shining bright
Guiding me back home at night

Bridge
If love could carry me through this fight
I’d already be home tonight

Final Chorus (Big)
Yeah these are letters from home…
And they’re the reason I hold on

male, country, motional patriotic ballad; acoustic, piano, light strings, slow build to powerful chorus.