To My Dearest Wife

[Verse 1] Waitin' on the sunrise, I've given up on sleep My only thoughts are with you all back home in Tennessee They're dug in on the hilltop, we got cover in the trees Between the two, an open field that looks like hell to me [Chorus] And to my dearest wife I write Kiss our baby girls tonight Tomorrow's battle will not wait But I don't see no other way [Verse 2] I can see the old house not too long ago Every night I slept by your side, heaven just bein' home Can hear 'em callin' Reveille, I can see the sun It breaks my heart we're kept apart, still fightin' to be done [Chorus] To my dearest wife I write Kiss our baby girls tonight Tomorrow's battle will not wait But I don't see no other way [Bridge] Mine eyes have seen the glory The glory of the comin' of the Lord And he is tramplin' out the vintage The vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored [Verse 3] Now the sun is risen, you mean the world to me My thoughts was turned to work at hand far from Tennessee They're dug in on the hilltop, we leave the cover of the trees We'll march across that open field that looks like hell to me [Chorus] To my dearest wife I write Kiss our baby girls tonight Tomorrow's battle will not wait But I don't see no other way [Chorus 2] The bride of war wears blood and fire Hand-in-hand, death walks beside her We'll cross the field, lay all to waste I don't see no other way [Outro] To my dearest wife I write Kiss our baby girls tonight