I got to go back to the world
Back to my girl
Back to my family and kids
Have to go and see my home again
Don´t want my life to end
Before my time is due

Just got the postal package from my wife and kids
It brings me comfort while I´m stuck in this desert mess
But don´t get me wrong, perform my mission
Just sounding off on my homesick condition
Got to get out, a short timer, my heart it begs for home

I got to go back to the world
Back to my girl
Back to my family and kids
Have to go and see my home again
Don´t want my life to end
Before my time is due

Seen many a firefight since we deployed out here
Learned how to survive with my friends
They´re focus, adrenaline and fear
But the odds haunt me, hope I don´t get hit
Be that body with a flag adorned to it
I´m gonna make it, the short timer, hellbent on going home

I got to go back to the world
Back to my girl
Back to my family and kids
Have to go and see my home again
Don´t want my life to end
Before my time is due

I´m not a policy maker
Just a sworn-in order taker
Doing my best to stay alive
I´m gonna make it
To conus real soon
Hope some days still lie ahead for me

I got to go back to the world
Back to my girl
Back to my family and kids
Have to go and see my home again
Don´t want my life to end
Before my time is due

I´ve gotta go back
Too short to turn back
Gotta go back
Back to the world again