As I was sitting in my foxhole the other day
I looked over at my buddy and he opened his mouth
And he started to say, he said, “how in the world
Can you always be in such good cheer
When you know with every step you take
The end of your life might be so very near?”
I turned around and I told him:
(There’s someone waiting back home, back home)

As I sit here waiting in this foreign land
My head buried down in this hot, hot sand
Doin’ my duty, being a man
I came over here to defеnd my homeland

I left my only love way back thеre
She sends me a letter to show me that she cares
And I know I’ve got the cutest little girl
(There’s someone waiting back home, back home)
In the whole wide world back home, yes I do
(There’s someone waiting back home, back home)

Even though I know it’s so hard for her to be true
I know she’s doing the best she could ever do
Just as long as she takes the time just to write
When I come home, I’m gonna make everything alright
She gives me strength everyday
She lifts my life up in every way

And I know, yes I do, yes I do, I’ve got somebody
(There’s someone waiting back home, back home)
The cutest little girl in the whole wide world, yes I do
(There’s someone waiting back home, back home)
I said she’s waiting there, she’s waiting there
(There’s someone waiting back home, back home)
I say I gotta when the times all over, when my time’s up
(There’s someone waiting back home, back home)
I’m gonna rush, I’m gonna rush back to her, oh yeah
(There’s someone waiting back home, back home)
I said I’m gonna make it on home
(There’s someone waiting back home, back home)
To the cutest little girl in the whole wide world
Yes I do, I’ve got the cutest little girl, yes I do