Missing In Action Lyrics - Ernest Tubb

The warship had landed and night come ashore 

The fighting was over for me ever more 

For I had been wounded they left me forget 

A stone for my pillow and snow for my bed 

The enemy found me and took me away and made me a prisoner of war so they say 

But God in his mercy was with me one day the gate was left open and I ran away 

I returned to the old home my sweet wife to see 

The home I had built for my darling and me 

The door I then opened and there on the stand I saw a picture of her and the man 

The clothes she was wearing told me the sad tale 

My darling was wearing a new bridal veil 

Then I found a letter and these words I read missing in action she thought I was dead 

So I kissed her picture and whispered goodbye 

My poor heart was breaking but my eyes were dry 

I knew it was too late for her now to learn 

I knew she must never know I had returned