• How would a soldier feel as he’s being shipped off to war?
    They’re losing soldiers fast, they need more and more
    Would they be filled with dread
    Knowing soon they may be dead?
    Would they be afraid
    Memories of peace soon to fade?
    Would they be filled with hate
    As they go to meet their fate?
    I asked myself this
    As I watched their good bye kiss
    Others left and still not knowing
    I watched the soldiers as they’re going
    Years pass and still no end
    Everyone’s wondering who they’ll send
    Then it came, one rainy day
    The letter that snuffed the last hopeful ray
    The letter calling me to fight
    I had to be there by tomorrow night
    My mother cried, I was leaving too
    Don’t worry, Ma, I’ll come back to you
    As I waited quietly on the train
    Watching Ma I felt such pain
    Angry, scared, and tired too
    Nothing I felt was really new
    Now I know what Daddy thought
    Alone in battle when he was shot
    And how I wish when I said goodbye
    I hadn’t been so very shy
    And told them how I loved them so
    Before we faced the countries foe