He kissed my hand
The draft was calling
The rain fell soft
The wind was stalling
He said
Don't cry
I'll be back someday
But the road to war
Takes hearts away
Oh Let the flowers fall
Let the rivers run
The world is aching under
A bleeding sun
Love is all we have
Love is all we need
But love can't stop the hands of greed
His boots marched off where the jungle weeps
Through shadows deep where the silence keeps
The letters came But the words grew thin
A paper trail where dreams had been
Oh Let the flowers fall
Let the rivers run The world is aching under a bleeding sun
Love is all we have Love is all we need
But love can't stop the hands of greed
They talk of honor They talk of pride
But I hear the cries on the other side Where are the voices
Where are the songs That rise for peace when the world is wrong?
I hold his picture The edges worn
His face a ghost of the boy I mourn
The garden blooms where the silence lies But no petals grow where a soldier dies