We Just have tonight

Noel Miller

A gun fires in the distance, shells flying through the air

Running into the front line my eyes have a cold, cold stare

The nurse tends my wounds

Tears fall down like rain

She says I’m not ready for battle

Gunshots echo in my brain

Take my satchel and M-sixteen and walk up the stairs

She takes my hand in hers and whispers in my ears

When all is said and done, I need to be with someone

It doesn’t matter wrong or right, cause we just have tonight

Eiffel tower looms on the horizon, planes and bombs

One night in that bunker the war didn’t matter

We could die tomorrow, we could live another day

When I decided to stay, she said

When all is said and done, I need to be with someone

It doesn’t matter wrong or right, cause we just have tonight