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Intro

 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 MOON LIGHT

 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 HER SOMEDAY

 SO I WROTE THESE WORDS, AND I HOPE THEY LAST

 FOR THE YEARS HAVE COME, 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 MOUNT

 AND DO WORDS UNSAID, EVER REALLY COUNT

 BUT SOMETIMES STILL, IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT

 I CAN SEE THEM THERE, IN THE PALE MOON LIGHT

 I AM TRYING

 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW

 AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN

 BUT I'LL HAVE TO TELL THEM SOMEDAY