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Send me east in the morning

Let me face that rising sun

Send me east as to wedding feast

Though there’s fighting to be done

Let me rise up with glory

And find my way to you

Make me ham and eggs and coffee

Like the way you used to do

Then send me on my merry way

Giving kiss and hug goodbye

Knowing it’s you I’m thinking of

As off to war I fly

Send me east in the morning

To lands of death and shame

Where cultures clash and warriors dash

And IEDs kill and maim

Send me east in the morning

And tell me that it’s true

That being here is meaningful

It counts; this thing I do

Then send me west in evening

Back to family, home and wife

And tell me that the things I’ve done

Helped make a better life