A soldier went away to war and wrote home to his mom

There’s so much to see here, seen so much since I’ve been gone

It rains an awful lot here mom

It comes down night and day

And I’m afraid there’s not much going on

Wish I had more to say

It wasn’t what he had written it was what he didn’t write

Somehow a mother always knows when her son isn’t right

My boy, I am so proud of you since you became a man

But I know that something must be wrong, tell me if you can

Today I saw a pretty bird

Its feathers were so bright

But it turned out to be noisy

And kept us up all night

Yesterday a storm blew in

I wish the skies would clear

Nothing else for me to report

It sure rains an awful lot here

Son tell me what is going on you could always talk to me

You are starting to scare your mother, how bad could it be

He answered

Yesterday I killed a man before he could kill me

He is in my dreams, mom he’s all that I can see

Billy went crazy and took his own life

A man in Kentucky had stolen his wife

David went home to work on his farm

Driving a tractor with only one arm

Wish there was something I could say to make it very clear

I can’t wait to get home, Mom, it is a nightmare here

It took a while before his mom wrote back

Said his father had a heart attack

Your father had a rough time but now he’s feeling better

He really took it hard after reading your last letter

The soldier wrote his mother

Later on that night

He knew he had a duty

To make her feel alright

There is nothing else to report

Let me make it very clear

It’s very uneventful

It sure rains a whole lot here

It sure rains a whole lot here