My Soldier Girl

The day you went away my soldier girl
To a place unlike your home, a different world
Afraid and all alone you shed a tear,
For friends and family that you hold dear

Never giving up the fight, you did your best
Stood proud for Uncle Sam with all the rest.
Through all the ups and downs you carried on
New friends, new home, at last the tears were gone.

Bridge:
And as the time went by, you did your best to cope,
With words from Mom and Dad, that turned the fear to hope.

And now you're coming home my soldier girl,
To the place you left behind, your little world.
Our pride and joy for all the world to see,
In our hearts and in our thoughts you'll always be.

The day you went away my soldier girl,
And now you're coming home my soldier girl.

Lyrics by Linda Bent
Music by Charles K. Bent
Written for our youngest daughter
Charlyn
March 1998
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