Someday

He won the war

In a foreign land

That was no hero

That was my old man

And he came back home

Where he met his wife

And he raised his kids

While he made a life

Now he never preached

Though he always knew

And we watched him close

Just to pick up clues

And sometimes late

In the dead of night

I can see him there

In the pale moonlight

I am trying

And I don't know how

And I don't know when

But I'll have to tell him

Someday

And as for this woman

My father wed

We knew we were loved

With the words unsaid

And when we were young

She taught us all to read

And then one by one

She would watch us leave

Never saw her cry

For she hid her tears

As one by one

We would Disappear

But of course we'd write

And of course we'd call

Just to hear her voice

Whenever we would fall

I am trying

And I don't know how

And I don't know when

But I'll have to tell him

Someday

So I wrote these wordsAnd I hope they last

For the years have come

And the years have past

Think of all they gave

And the years have past

Think of all they gave

Think of all the debt

But can't find a way

To repay them yet

For the days still come

And the debt still mounts

And do words unsaid

Ever really count

But sometimes still

In the dead of night

I can see them there

In the pale moonlight

I am trying

And I don't know how

And I don't know when

But I'll have to tell him

Someday