Day after tomorrow (video) (clip)

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1. I got your letter today and I miss you all so much here,

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and I can't wait to see you all, and I'm counting the days, dear.

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I still believe that there's gold at the end of the world,

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and I'll come home to Illinois on the day after tomorrow.

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2. It is so hard, and it's cold here, and I'm tired of taking orders,

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and I miss old Rockford town up by the Wisconsin border.

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Too I miss, you won't believe, shoveling snow and raking leaves,

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and my plane will touch down on the day after tomorrow.

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3. I close my eyes every night, and I dream that I can hold you,

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they fill us full of lies, everyone buys

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about what it means to be a soldier.

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Still don't know how I'm supposed to feel

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about all the blood that's been spilled,

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will God on his throne get me back home

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on the day after tomorrow.

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3. You can't deny the other side don't want to die any more than we do.

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What I'm trying to say, is don't they pray to the same God that we do ?

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Tell me, how does God choose ? Whose prayers he will refuse ?

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Who spins the wheel ? And who throws the dice

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on the day after tomorrow ?

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4. I'm not fighting for justice, I am not fighting for freedom,

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I am just fighting for my life and another day in the world here.

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I just do what I've been told, we're just the gravel on the road,

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and only the lucky ones will come home

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on the day after tomorrow.

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5. And the summer, it too will fade,

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and with it comes the winter's frost, dear.

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And I know we too are made of all the things we have lost here.

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But I turn twenty-one today, and I’m saving all my pay,

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and my plane will touch down

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on the day after tomorrow.

(orig. = capo 4th) (Joan Baez)