chorus
chorus
one day, the silver bird will come again;
 with all the hopes of the souls brought within.
 one day I'll return home again;
 and then, a new life I'll begin.
until that day, I must continue to fight;
 I'll cart my '60, though I'm filled with fright! but until that day I return home again I'm not, really, nearly so brave.
 I want to talk to you about the killing and crying;
 about seeing all my friends dying.
 but it opens love, in the breasts of every man;
 so I must go on differently.
i often wonder, now and then, will everything be the same, when I deros home again?
 but my prayers are answered there;
 by the love we used to share;
 with your open arms and your sweet smile;
 I'm praising god that I'm still alive.
 
one day
written by specialist 4th class bob gossman, e troop, 17 th cavalry, 173 rd abn bde, at lz english, between an khe and qui nhon, vietnam in 1970, and sent to me as a copy of an original tape by sgt major jim webster.
 helicopters can be heard in the background constantly, as they ferry troops and supplies to locations in the bush.
 deros + date estimated return (from) over seas;
 '60 refers to the m-60 machine gun.