I'm sending you these letter's
Across miles and miles of water

Tell Stevie that I saw his friend
And the 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 been
As many years as me

It's only now they realize
What they are here to see

So I'll take my pen and
I write you a note
And send it off in a letter
And we'll hope that
Writing my 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 government's game

The first day I was posted

Was the longest I have known

I can't believe the bitterness
The human heart can show

The 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 government's game

Little boy stands with stones in hand

And cold eyes of steel

I wish I could throw my riffle down

And tell them how I feel

Well I know I haven't been here long
And I know it seems much longer

But every letter you post to me
Makes me a little stronger stronger