Capo 3
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She walked to the mailbox, On that bright summer’s day
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Found a letter from her son, in a war far away
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He spoke of the weather And good friends that he’d made
Said, “I’ve been thinking ‘bout Dad And the life that he had.
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That’s why I’m here today.” Then at the end he said
“You are what I’m fighting for.” It was the first of his letters from war.
She started writing Your good, and you’re brave
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What a father that youll be some day
Make it home, make it safe
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She wrote every night as she prayed
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And late in December A day she’ll not forget
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Oh, her tears stained the paper With every word that she read
It said I was up on a hill I was out there alone
When the shots all rang out and bombs were exploding
That’s when I saw him He came back for me
And though he was captured a man set me free
And that man was your son He asked me to write to you
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I told him I would Oh I swore It was the last of the letters from war
And she prayed he was living and kept on believing
And wrote every night just to say
You are good, and you’re brave
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What a father that youll be some day
Make it home, make it safe
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Still she kept writing each day
And then, two years later,
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Autumn leaves all around A car pulled in the driveway
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And she fell to the ground And out stepped a captain
Where her boy used to stand he said, “Mom, I’m following orders
From all of your letters and I’ve come home again
He ran in to hold her and dropped all his bags on the floor
Holding all of her letters from war.
Bring him home,
Bring him home,
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Bring him home,