Sleeping with the Telephone

I KNEW WHO HE WAS WHEN I TOOK HIS NAME
BUT SOMEHOW KNOWIN’ IS JUST NOT THE SAME
LATE AT NIGHT
HE KNOWS THE DANGER, BUT HE DOES WHAT HE DOES
HE CALLS IT DUTY BUT I CALL IT LOVE
SO HERE I AM
WHILE HE’S GONE TO SOME FOREIGN LAND


AND I CRY CAUSE I’M ALONE
AND THE NIGHTS GET SO COLD AND LONG
AND I TRY NOT TO THINK HE WON’T COME HOME
BUT I’M SLEEPIN’ WITH A TELEPHONE

THE YELLOW RIBBON ON MY NEIGHBOR’S GATE
ALWAYS REMINDS ME THAT SOMEONE’S AWAKE
JUST LIKE ME
I HEAR THE SIRENS AND I WATCH THE NEWS
HE LAUGHS AND LEAVES WITH HIS GUN AND HIS BLUE UNIFORM
AND I PRAY GOD KEEPS HIM SAFE FROM HARM

AND I CRY CAUSE I’M ALL ALONE
AND THE NIGHTS GET SO COLD AND LONG
I TRY NOT TO THINK HE WON’T COME HOME
BUT I’M SLEEPIN’ WITH A TELEPHONE

I LOSE HIM IN MY DARKEST DREAMS
YEAH MY BLOOD RUNS COLD AND MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT
SO I GET UP I CAN’T TAKE ANY MORE
SOMETIMES I HATE HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM
BUT EVERY DAY I LOVE HIM MORE

AND I TRY NOT TO THINK HE WON’T COME HOME
BUT I’M SLEEPIN’ WITH A TELEPHONE

SOMETHING AWAKES ME FROM WHERE HE SHOULD BE
I REACH FOR HIM…….THE TELEPHONE RINGS