Don't send me away (to war)

Intro

mmm

why...?

Oh...

Verse 1

Morning paper on the stoop

Another name I recognize is gone

Mama's hands around her coffee cup

She won't look me in the eyes for long

Verse 2

Down at the diner Eddie's boy

Pinned that star upon his chest

I smile and I say good luck

But I'm praying I'm not next

Pre-Chorus

And the radio hums a tune

That I can't quite place

Summer's fading all too soon

I trace my name on my own face

Chorus

Don't send me away

Don't send me away

I've got songs I haven't sung

A girl I haven't kissed

A life I haven't lived yet

Don't send me away

Verse 3

Enlistment papers on the table

Weighed down by a cup of tea

Father says it's for the country

But what's a country to me

Pre-Chorus

And the church bells toll for boys

We played marbles with last spring

I count the minutes on the wall

And every ticking brings

Chorus

Don't send me away

Don't send me away

I've got songs I haven't sung

A girl I haven't kissed

A life I haven't lived yet

Don't send me away

Interlude

"They say it'll be over by Christmas. They said that last year too. I'm not afraid of the uniform. I'm afraid of not coming back to you"

Chorus

Don't send me away

Don't send me away

I've got songs I haven't sung

A girl I haven't kissed

A life I haven't lived yet

Don't send me away

Outro

Don't send me away

Mm

Mm-hmm