Day After Tomorrow by Tom Waits Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I got your letter today
And I miss you all so much here
I can't wait to see you all
And I'm counting the days here

[Chorus]
I still believe that there's gold
At the end of the world
And I'll come home to Illinois
On the day after tomorrow

[Verse 2]
It is so hard and it's cold here
And I'm tired of taking orders
And I miss old Rockford town
Up by the Wisconsin border

[Chorus]
What I miss, you won't believe
Shoveling snow and raking leaves
And my plane will touch down
On the day after tomorrow
[Verse 3]
I close my eyes every night
And I dream that I can hold you
They fill us full of lies, everyone buys
About what it means to be a soldier

[Chorus]
I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel
About all the blood that's been spilled
Will God on his throne get me back home
On the day after tomorrow?

[Verse 4]
You can't deny, the other side
Don't want to die anymore than we do
What I'm trying to say is, don't they pray
To the same God that we do?

[Chorus]
Tell me how does God choose
Whose prayers does he refuse?
Who turns the wheel? Who throws the dice
On the day after tomorrow?

[Verse 5]
I am not fighting for justice
I am not fighting for freedom
I am fighting for my life
And another day in the world here
[Chorus]
I just do what I've been told
We're just the gravel on the road
And only the lucky ones come home
On the day after tomorrow

[Verse 6]
And the summer, it too will fade
And with it brings the winter's frost, dear
And I know we too are made
Of all the things that we have lost here

[Chorus]
I'll be twenty-one today
I been saving all my pay
And my plane will touch down
On the day after tomorrow
And my plane, it will touch down
On the day after tomorrow