DAY AFTER TOMORROW
(Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan)
I got your letter today
And I miss you all so much here
And I can't wait to see you all
And I'm counting the days dear
I still believe that there's gold
At the end of the world
And I'll come home
To Illinois
On the day after tomorrow
It is so hard and it's cold here
And I'm tired of taking orders
And I miss old Rockford town
Up by the Wisconsin border
What I miss you won't believe
Shoveling snow and raking leaves
And my plane
Will touch down
On the day after tomorrow
I close my eyes every night
And I dream that I can hold you
They fill us full of lies everyone buys
About what it means to be a soldier
I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel
About all the blood that's been spilled
Will God on his throne
Get me back home
On the day after tomorrow
You can't deny the other side
Don't want to die anymore than we do
What I'm trying to say is don't they pray
To the same God that we do
Tell me how does God choose
Just whose prayers he will refuse
Who spins the wheel
Who throws the dice
On the day after tomorrow
I'm not fighting for justice
I am not fighting for freedom
I am just fighting for my life
And another day on this earth dear
I just do what I've been told
We're just the gravel on the road
And only the lucky ones
Will come home
On the day after tomorrow
And the summer it soon will fade
And with it comes the winter's frost dear
And I know we too are made
Of all the things we lost here
I turn twenty-one today
I'm saving all my pay
And my plane
Will touch down
On the day after tomorrow
© Jalma Music (ASCAP)
