Loving You on Paper


Sometimes
I start to wonder why
I'm fighting
I'm so lonesome girl
And I dont know what I'd do

If I didn't know
That you were waiting for me
Oh, but that's all I need to know
To see me through

And I've been loving you on paper
Much too long, girl
To be so far apart from you
Is wrong, girl
But soon I'll step off that plane
Hold my baby
Once again
'Cause I've been loving you on paper
Much too long

Tonight
As I write this letter to you
You know
I can't help wondering if it could be my last
Oh, how I pray
A bullet will not find me
Until I hold you
One more time
That's all I ask

'Cause I've been loving you on paper
Much too long, girl
To be so far apart from you
Is wrong, girl
But my enlistment's almost through
Soon I'll be home
Loving you
Yes, I've been loving you on paper
Much too long
I've been loving you on paper
Much too long


Writer/s: Ray Stevens