TRUE STORY: I wrote this song while on patrol in Baghdad in 2003. Emotional! Reached # 5 (11,373 songs currently listed in Pop > Pop Rock).
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Story behind the song
I was on patrol in Baghdad with my unit (the 82nd Airborne) and I started to think about my wife and kids. I missed them dearly. The music is rich, romantic and full of texture. I got home and recorded it with tears in my eyes. After a year at war, my life has changed and my sound is a little sweeter.
Lyrics
YOUR SOLDIER'S COMING HOME
Words and music by Johnny Proctor
Darling, now it's over-
Your soldier's coming home
We can spend our lives togther
How I've missed you
How I love you
Darling, please be waiting
When I step off of the plane
I'll be counting down the moments
How I've missed you!
How I love you!
Since I left you for the combat zone
The dangers I've been through
Have increased my love for you
You've been faithful, brave and loyal
And I thank the Lord above
I can trust in your sweet love
Darling, now it's over-
Your soldier's coming home
We can spend our lives togther
How I've missed you
How I love you
Darling, please be waiting
When I step off of the plane
I'll be counting down the moments
How I've missed you!
From your letters I took courage
In the darkness of the war
You've been what I'm fighting for
Tell the children I'm delighted
With their pictures and their poems
Tell them Daddy's coming home
We've waited so long, in such pain
Our waiting has not been in vain
Our dreams about to come true
I'm so glad I married you!
Darling, now it's over-
Your soldier's coming home
We can spend our lives togther
How I've missed you
How I love you
Darling, please be waiting
When I step off of the plane
I'll be counting down the moments
How I've missed you!
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