[Verse]
Dust on my boots sand in my hair
Miles from home I’m fighting out there
Kids back home don’t understand
Why their daddy’s gone to a foreign land
[Verse 2]
Miss the laughter miss the cries
Miss the stars in their little eyes
Letters don’t hold the weight of hugs
Pictures fade but not their love
[Chorus]
Gone again in a place I don’t know
Heart’s in pieces but I don’t let it show
Doing my duty while they wait for me
A soldier’s life ain’t ever free
[Verse 3]
Little voices echo in my mind
Daddy why you leave us behind
Try to explain but words don’t stick
Life out here’s so cold and thick
[Bridge]
Dog tags jingle in the dead of night
Holding on to the hope so tight
Dreaming of the day I’ll walk back in
To their arms where it all begins
[Chorus]
Gone again in a place I don’t know
Heart’s in pieces but I don’t let it show
Doing my duty while they wait for me
A soldier’s life ain’t ever free