I'm sending you these letters across miles and miles of water
Tell Stevie that I saw his friends and mother that I love her
Well, I know I haven't been here long and I know it seems much longer
but every letter you write back makes me a little stronger

Everybody here has seen as many years as me
It's only now they realise what they are here to see
So I'll take my pen and I'll write you a note and send it off in a letter
and we'll hope that writing these troubles down will make me feel better

One step forward oir one step left
I raise my gun and I take my aim
I'm just a pawn in the government's game

The first day I was posted was the longest I have known
I can't believe the bitterness the human heart can show
The hatred of another is a blindness in their eyes
All I do is stand between them wondering why

One step forward oir one step left
I raise my gun and I take my aim
I'm just a pawn in the government's game

Little boy stand with stones in hand and cold eyes of steel
I wish I could throw my rifle down and tell him how I feel
Well, I know I haven't been here long and I know it seems much longer
but every letter you post to me makes me a little stronger, stronger

- Paul Young