Letters Home From the Garden of Stone

[Verse 1]
Sitting restless under the moonlight
I know I'm getting ready to kill
They say we're going in with the daylight
I don't want to but I will

[Chorus]
'Cause I won't know the man that kills me
And I don't know these men I kill
I pray to God for my salvation
Wash away the blood I spill

[Verse 2]
I try not to think about my family
'Cause it's a little too much to take
Out here I got me and I got my buddy
We can't afford even one mistake

[Verse 3]
I'm sorry about writing on dirty cardboard
It's the only paper that I can find
Tell everyone I got their letters
Tell everyone I'm doing fine

[Verse 4]
Late at night when I can dream, ma
I think about life back in the world
I miss you and dad, I miss sister Sarah
I miss my wife and my baby girl

[Verse 5]
Pray for me, pray for my soul, ma
Pray for me and all my sins
They say that I got a job to do now
And I'll be back when it finally ends

[Verse 6]
Do you think I should be fighting?
Mom, are you proud? Are you ashamed?
I really am trying to do the right thing
I hope my government can say the same

[Chorus]
'Cause I won't know the man that kills me
And I don't know these men I kill
And we all wind up on the same side
'Cause ain't none of us doing God's will