Struan Shields - Beyond the Sun

The first time that she saw me
in my uniform she cried
And she told me that she’d miss me
and she promised that she’d write
But that letter that she wrote me
it won’t get a reply
‘Cause some selfish politicians
think I’m old enough to die

And even though my story’s ending
when my life has just begun
There’s a comfort in me knowing
in her heart I still live on
And I know she can’t come with me
On this journey that I’m on
But I know someday she’ll meet me
Some place beyond the sun
Beyond the sun

When all of this is over
she thinks she’ll be my bride
But the next time that she sees me
she’ll wear black instead of white
In September I turned sixteen
but I’ll never reach my prime
Cause some general from Richmond
thinks I’m old enough to die

Even though my story’s ending
When my life has just begun
There’s a comfort in me knowing
In her heart I’ll still live on
And I know she can’t come with me
On this journey that I’m on
But I know one day she’ll meet me
Some place beyond the sun
Beyond the sun

Don’t forget to meet me
Beyond the world’s ceiling

And as I lay here bleeding
Beneath the Georgia sun
There’s a comfort in me knowing
In her heart I’ll still live on
And my life’s almost extinguished
By the lead from Sherman’s guns
But I know one day she’ll meet me
Some place beyond the sun
Beyond the sun

Written by:
STRUAN THEODORE ROEBUCK SHIELDS

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