it s been so long since i ve heard from my man but a letter came today and it touched the bottom of my soul and it must have been in some quiet moment on a terrible battlefield when he had these words to say it s been so long since i ve been home and i just thought that i would write oh i hope these words will come to you on some dark and lonely night don t you know my love is real oh don t you see just how i feel oh i m alone just a lonely soldier boy oh people beg to get back to home i know it s hard while we re apart so darling just have a little faith oh you won t regret my love for you if you would only only wait don t you know my love is real oh don t you see just how i feel oh i m alone just a lonely soldier boy and sometimes as i sit here you know my heart is frozen with fear and i think about the good times we had and it s in times like this that missing you hurts so bad  i m a lonely soldier boy oh i m alone just a lonely soldier boy yeah i m coming home oh wait for me i m coming home yeah i m coming on home and i know and i know that i love you this soldier boy loves you baby1