Day After Tomorrow

I got your letter today

And I miss you all so much, here

I can't wait to see you all

And I'm counting the days, here

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

And it's 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'll 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 any more 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?

Whose prayers does He refuse?

Who turns 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 fighting for my life

And another day in the world here

I just do what I've been told

You're just the gravel on the road

And only the lucky ones come home

On the day after tomorrow

And the summer, it too will fade

And with it brings the winter's frost, dear

And I know we, too, are made

Of all the things that we have lost here

I'll be twenty-one today

I've been saving all my pay

And my plane will touch down (ooh, ooh)

On the day after tomorrow

And my plane, it will touch down (ooh, ooh)

On the day after tomorrow