It was two weeks after the day

She turned 18

All dressed in white

Goin' to the church that night

She had his box of letters in the passenger seat

Six pence in a shoe

Somethin' borrowed somethin' blue

And when the church doors opened up wide

She put her veil down

Tryin' to hide the tears

Oh she just couldn't believe it

She heard the trumpets

From the military band

And the flowers fell out of her hands

Baby Why do you leave me

Why do you have to go

I was countin' on forever

Now I'll never know

I can't even breathe

It's like I'm lookin' from a distance

Standin' in the background

Everybody's sayin'

He's not comin' home now

This can't be happenin' to me

This is just a dream

The preacher man said

Let's bow our heads and pray

Lord please lift his soul

And heal this hurt

Then the congregation

All stood up and sang

The saddest song that she ever heard

And then they handed her a folded up flag

And she held on to all she had left of him

Oh and what could have been

And then the guns rang one last shot

And it felt like a bullet in her heart

Baby Why do you leave me

Why do you have to go

I was countin' on forever

Now I'll never know

I can't even breathe

It's like I'm lookin' from a distance

Standin' in the background

Everybody's sayin'

He's not comin' home now

This can't be happenin' to me

This is just a dream

Ooh baby Why do you leave me

Why do you have to go

I was countin' on forever

Now I'll never know

Oh I'll never know

It's like I'm lookin' from a distance

Standin' in the background

Everybody's sayin'

He's not comin' home now

This can't be happenin' to me

This is just a dream

Oh this is just a dream

It's just a dream

Yeah

Yeah