ONE STEP FORWARD

I'm sending you these letters Across miles and miles of water Tell Stevie that I saw his friend And mother that I love her Well I know I haven't been here long And I know it seems much longer Every letter you write back Makes me a little stronger Everybody here has seen As many years as me It's only now they realize What they are here to see So I'll take my pen and write you a note And send it off in a letter And the hope that writing these troubles down Make me feel better One step forward And one step left I raise my gun And I take my aim I'm just a pawn in the governments game The first day I was posted Was the longest I have known I can't believe the bitten nails The human heart can show Hatred of another Is a blindness in their eyes All I do is stand between them Wondering why One step forward And one step left I raise my gun And I take my aim I'm just a pawn in the governments game Oh… Uh… A little boy stands with stones in hand And cold eyes of steel I wish I could throw my rifle down And tell him how I feel But I know I haven't been here long And I know it seems much longer Every letter you post to me Makes me a little stronger Stronger