Key: F major
Verse 1
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Em
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At night, a white -faced,
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nineteen -year -old bombardier sits writing
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The wonder of his cruel night,
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Before the flight, sits writing.
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Behold the stern precision
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Of time and plan,
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Regard one sudden man
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In a given hour.
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The hand, the eye,
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This veteran now sits
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writing a letter home.
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I take my pen in hand, Emily,
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what you are to me.
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I write as far as dear, Emily,
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what you are to me.
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You are my heart's one cry,
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foolish words that I wish to say
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and try so terribly.
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The words are like a wall, Emily,
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I cannot write at all
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what you are to me.
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You are my heart's one cry,
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if you were nearby,
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you could tell me why so easily. me.
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Write me you will be true, Emily.
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Write me I am to you,
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what you are to me.
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At night, a white -faced 19 -year
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-old bombardier sits writing.
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The wonder of his cruel to -night
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Before the fight sits right in .
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