It's Dark Out Here

It's Dark Out Here
by Tom Flannery copyright 2008

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It's dark out here and I'm missing you
but the wheels still move along
searching for something that we just might find
when you're in a place too long
X marks the days I've made it through
and I count what's up ahead
send our best to Mrs. Graves
you know her Johnny boy came home dead

It's dark out here
and I'm missing you
what have we gotten
ourselves into?

It's dark out here but the heat it stays
like the sand stuck in my shoes
fall on back to instincts
and the things I have to lose
ain't no time for mercy Lord
or for counting 1-2-3
last night it was someone else
tonight it could be me

It's dark out here
but I'm afraid for you
if I can really do the things
that they want me to

It's dark outside I need your kiss
and your head across my chest
to keep my heart from crashing through
the layers of my vest
I dream through night-time goggles
and sleep during the day
surrounded by your perfume
and the words I'd never say

It's dark out here the stars they shine
but don't reach the desert floor
guess they got a better offer
or just grew sick of war
it's killing and that's all it is
don't let them call it something less
no matter how many goddamn medals
they stick on their own chest

It's dark out here
but I love you still
and don't say if
'cause you know I will
It's dark out here
but I'm afraid for you
if I can really do the things
that they want me to

It's dark out here
and I'm missing you
what have we gotten
ourselves into?