in the fog lights there was tear gas floating through the twilight and he wondered what life would be like with a giant screen tv a fridge full of a beer and a conscience that s clean you see lately she d been thinking bout her little tiny baby and the boy who had gone to defend me she s a good friend of mine but i can t take the place of her man anytime and it won t be long til he s coming home you gotta bring your soldier home all those stones have all been thrown you gotta give a kid a chance to get a look at his kid and hope he can live with whatever he did now meanwhile he was reading magazines on the front line he was trying not to think about her life and what he might have done cause it seemed like none of them were having any fun you see lately she d been acting kinda crazy lately oh man i thought she was gonna hate me cause i couldn t watch the little one i had so much to do i was so high strung and it won t be long til daddy s home you gotta bring your soldier home all those stones have all been thrown you gotta give a kid a chance to get a look at his kid and hope he can live with whatever he did lately all the hate escapes me lately all the hate just escapes me lately so he phoned her he said darling i m feeling so alone here am i making myself perfectly clear that i m on my way back just a couple more missions and i ll start getting packed you gotta bring your soldier home all those stones have all been thrown you gotta give a kid a chance to get a look at his kid and hope he can live with whatever he did lately i was wondering if she d heard from him lately lately i was wondering if she d heard from him lately