love i'm waiting til the mornin light
just to see whether not you might
don't make me have to tell you twice
i been leavin my light on night after night

been back deep in these open oceans
bad world tracks and these backward notions
everything they have in the world is not
enough to wanna shorten the time i got
even so i run with american forces
sand gun and tanks are replacing horses
and if you come back with enough you might
sleep a little better in your bed tonight

love i'm waiting til the mornin light
just to see whether not you might
don't make me have to tell you twice
i been leavin my light on night after night

i been runnin from my bones for days
lookin for another way i can say this to ya
i ain't never really comin home
they got another little trick
in they bag o stones
they call it stop loss
and it means i ain't comin back
so make a little snack go to bed and relax
and i'll give you a call when i'm over the wall
but we're gonna have to run so fuck 'em all

love i'm waiting til the mornin light
just to see whether not you might
don't make me have to tell you twice
i been leavin my light on night after night

there are too many ways i can die for you
there are too many days in my life for you
there are too many things I can do for you
what you do for me?
what you do for me?

she been spendin her days makin eyes for you
she been spendin her life waitin up for me
what you do for me?
what you do for me?
come on come on come on come on now

they got me built up past the brink
i'm nothin but a pile of muscle i'm about to sink
can't float can't swim can't fly away
can't get to the end of the fight today
i got a castle made of blood and my bones are mud
can't bang my brain on the manly stud
they make me eat this food til i need to puke
gonna break this dude and i won't rebuke
gonna slip away gonna come to you
but you gotta remember that i won't be through
gonna need your light to remain revealed
gotta leave this war on the battlefield

love i'm waiting til the mornin light
just to see whether not you might
don't make me have to tell you twice
i been leavin my light on night after night

love i'm waiting til the mornin light
just to see whether not you might
don't make me have to tell you twice
i been leavin my light on night after night