Back to the World

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 I got to go back to the world
 Back to my girl
 Back to my family and kids
 Have to go and see my home again
 Don't want my life to end
 Before my time is due
 Just got the postal package from my wife and kids
 It brings me comfort while I'm stuck in this desert mess
 But don't get me wrong, perform my mission
 Just sounding off on my homesick condition
 Got to get out, a short timer, my heart it begs for home
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 Seen many a firefight since we deployed out here
 Learned how to survive with my friends
 They're focus, adrenaline and fear
 But the odds haunt me, hope I don't get hit
 Be that body with a flag adorned to it
 I'm gonna make it, the short timer, hellbent on going home
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 I'm not a policy maker
 Just a sworn-in order taker
 Doing my best to stay alive
 I'm gonna make it
 To conus real soon
 Hope some days still lie ahead for me
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 I've gotta go back
 Too short to turn back
 Gotta go back
 Back to the world again