ALL IN A DAY

The days and nights are lonely
And the time goes ever slow
You live from day to day
Just wondering where you'll go.

You think about the home lands
As you lie awake at night
Wondering if the people back home
Really think it's right.

As the sun comes above the horison
You're up and ready to go
No one knows the feeling
Everyone has his own.

When the word is given to move
The tensions begin to grow
The thought crosses every mind again
Just wondering where we'll go.

As you move along
Your faith is pure and strong
But yet there is the question
Will your faith lead you wrong.

As you stop for chow
You think of home cooked food
Then your thoughts are shattered
As the order is given to move.

Again you move along
The sun beats down its rays
A burst of AK is fired
Immediately you begin to pray.

As you return the fire
You think of your job and what you're to do
Knowing that if you don't get him
Then he will get you.

After the fight is over
And you have calmed down
You search out the area
To see if any more are around.

At the closing of the day
Your mind is filled with thoughts
Of the days activities
And what that they have brought.

Do the people really care
Or is it all in vain
Or are we just another link
In their life long chain.

But as the day is closing
And you sit up for the night
Again, you wonder if the people back home
Really think it's right.

3rd Platoon, A Company
2/501st Battalion, 101st Airborne