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I got to go back to the world

Back to my girl

Back to my family and kids

Have to go and see my home again

Don't want my life to end

Before my time is due


Just got the postal package from my wife and kids

It brings me comfort while I'm stuck in this desert mess

But don't get me wrong, perform my mission

Just sounding off on my homesick condition

Got to get out, a short timer, my heart it begs for home


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Seen many a firefight since we deployed out here

Learned how to survive with my friends

They're focus, adrenaline and fear

But the odds haunt me, hope I don't get hit

Be that body with a flag adorned to it

I'm gonna make it, the short timer, hellbent on going home


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I'm not a policy maker

Just a sworn-in order taker

Doing my best to stay alive

I'm gonna make it

To conus real soon

Hope some days still lie ahead for me


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I've gotta go back

Too short to turn back

Gotta go back

Back to the world again