She walked to the mailbox 她走到邮箱

On that bright summers day 在那明亮的夏天

Found a letter from her son 发现她儿子的一封信

In a war far away 在战争远

   

He spoke of the weather 他谈到天气

And good friends that he'd made 和好朋友，他就做

Said I'd been thinking 'bout dad 说，我一直在想布特的爸爸

And the life that he had 和生活，他有

Thats why I'm here today 这就是为什么我今天就在这里

And that the end he said 而且最后他说：

You are what I'm fighting for 你是什么，我争取

It was the first of the letters from war 它是第一个从战争的信件

   

She started writing 她开始写

You're good and you're brave 你很棒，你是勇敢的

What a father that you'll be someday 什么是父亲，你会一天

make it home 让家

make it safe 使之安全

   

She wrote every night as she prayed 她写道：每天晚上，她默默地祈祷

   

Late in December 12月底

A day she'll not forget 一天，她永远不会忘记

Oh her tears stained the paper 哦，她的眼泪染纸

With every word that she read 随着每一个字，她读

   

It said "I was up on a hill 它说：“我当时的山坡上

I was out there alone 我在那里孤独

When the shots all rang out 当镜头都响起了

And bombs were exploding 和炸弹爆炸

And thats when I saw him 而这就是当我看到他

He came back for me 他回来后对我

And though he was captured 虽然他被抓获

A man set me free 有一个人让我自由

And that man was your son 那人是你的儿子

He asked me to write to you 他让我给你写信

I told him i would, oh I swore" 我告诉他，我想，哦，我发誓“

It was the last of the letters from war 这是最后一个从战争的信件

   

And she prayed he was living 她祈祷他住

Kept on believing 不停地相信

And wrote every night just to say 并写下每天晚上只是说

   

You are good 您们好

And you're brave 而你是勇敢的

what a father that you'll be someday 什么是父亲，你会一天

Make it home 让家

Make it safe 使之安全

Still she kept writing each day 她还是不停地写每一天

   

Then two years later 然后两年后

Autumn leaves all around 叶秋四周

A car pulled in the driveway 一辆汽车在车道上拉

And she fell to the ground 她摔倒在地

And out stepped a captain 并加强了队长

Where her boy used to stand 在那里她的孩子曾经站

   

He said "mom I'm following orders 他说：“妈妈，我下面的命令

From all of your letters 一切从您的来信

And I've come home again", 而且我回家试“ ，

He ran into hold her 他跑进抱她

And dropped all his bags on the floor 和丢弃的他所有的行李在地板上

Holding all of her letters from war 保存所有的战争她的信

   

Bring him home 带他回家

Bring him home 带他回家

Bring him home 带他回家