Song Description

A gentle anti-war song.

Lyrics

ONLY A SOLDIER KNOWS

We lay in the cool cool grass
Your body next to mine
Fireworks on the Fourth of July
Now I'm far away where danger lies

I feel your fingers touchin' me
They run across my skin
I can see you there
In the warm summer air
From this cold place I'm sittin' in

CHORUS: I reach across the distance
And dream that I am home
Just how much I need you now
ONLY A SOLDIER KNOWS
ONLY A SOLDIER KNOWS

I read your letters again and again
Your scent is in every line
I think about those innocent days
When we discovered love in a timeless time

I drove you home in that beat-up old Ford
It was my very first car
We laughed out loud
At a thunderin' cloud
Swore that nothing' could keep us apart
{REPEAT CHORUS}

I've seen things no-one should have to see
I'm tryin' to hold on tight
In the dark you come to me
You're the star that lights my night
{REPEAT CHORUS}

© Marv Conan & Lee Kweller