As I Lay Me Down to Sleep

This is a song that I wrote for a friend of mine. He sent the lyrics to his wife. Just some more idle thoughts from a warrior-poet...

As I Lay Me Down to Sleep

I write these words to try and tell you
I wonder if I'll see your face again
It's been so long sometimes I just don't know
If we're beginning or if we've found the end

When I left last year you said you'd wait for me
Now I wonder if that's a promise you can't keep
I'm so scared as I sit here on the front lines
But I can still feel your hand resting gently in mine

As I lay me down to sleep
I wonder if this vow I'll keep
To never bring dishonor to my land
And if I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul will take
And keep my family safe in his hand
I can't say I'm perfect I can't say I'm a hero
But the ones we leave behind will know the cost
So think of me if I should die
And please darling don't you cry
For the love we shared can never be lost

I see your face in the pictures that you sent me
A thousand miles is never to far for our love
Can you feel the way I used to hold you
When I would whisper the words of my sweet love

So walk outside and look up to the big Wyoming sky
And know that I'm looking up at the same stars
As you fall asleep tonight know that I'm right here
The love we share will never be very far

As I lay me down to sleep
I wonder if this vow I'll keep
To never bring dishonor to my land
And if I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul will take
And keep my family safe in his hand
I can't say I'm perfect I can't say I'm a hero
But the ones we leave behind will know the cost
So think of me if I should die
And please darling don't you cry
For the love we shared can never be lost


The desert nights get so damn cold
These past few months I've grown so old
I wonder if you'll even recognize me
But as we move I don't fear for my life
Its for you that this war I fight
I only ask that through patient eyes you see

As I lay me down to sleep
I wonder if this vow I'll keep
To never bring dishonor to my land
And if I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul will take
And keep my family safe in his hand
I can't say I'm perfect I can't say I'm a hero
But the ones we leave behind will know the cost
So think of me if I should die
And please darling don't you cry
For the love we shared can never be lost