My dearest darlin'

I miss you more than words can tell

I hope the gardens growin' tall

You're in good spirits and good health

We've traveled far now

With a long way to go still

I know not yet when I'll return

Or if I ever will.

Each day grows colder

Filled with powder, smoke, and steel

I worry before it's over

I've forgotten how to feel

I keep your picture

In the pocket of my coat

I sometimes find when I'm alone

It's my last bit of hope.

Amidst the grips of these troubled times

Way back to you I always find

You're the wind that whispers through the pines

Bloom in the rows, green on them vines

Until we meet again my love sincerely signed

I'm ever yours, you're ever mine.

Some of these boys

Aren't much older than our own

They fight like men and then get cut

Down before they're grown

This is my prayer

That our daughter and our sons

Wrap their arms around each other

And never around a gun.

Amidst the grips of these troubled times

Way back to you I always find

You're the wind that whispers through the pines

Bloom in the rows green on them vines

Until we meet again my love sincerely signed

I'm ever yours, you're ever mine.

If you should hear it's come my time

Way back to you I always find

I'll be the wind that whisper through the pines

Pitch in the black, star in the shine

Meet again on the other side

I'm ever yours, you're ever mine.