Soldier's Wife

                                  Breaking news from a desert town

Smoke and rubble on the ground

The names we do not know right now

And it cuts me like a knife



With a tearful goodbye kiss

I sent him off to this

But I've gotta stay strong for our kids

I'm a soldier's wife



I run the house

I sleep alone

I live for emails 

And the phone calls home

I tell my children he will be all right

And I hope it's not a lie

I'm a soldier's wife



We do the things we used to do

Go to church, go to school

But you could drive a truck right through 

The hole that's in our life



My little boy shoots me a grin

And says he wants to be like him

And I feel my heart start caving in

I'm a soldier's wife



Sometimes I'm angry

Sometimes confused

I live and die by 

The evening news

But I tell my babies he will be all right

And I hope it's not a lie

I'm a soldier's wife



I pray for strength 

I pray for peace

I pray that he comes home to me

And if you would please pray for me

I'm a soldier's wife