Open Door

Ooh gone to war Waiting on an open door Ooh gone to war Waiting on an open door She always wondered What it would be like To see her husband Going off to war She remembers her mama In nineteen sixty-five Raisin' two kids On her own She didn't wanna Relive it Didn't ask for this But there she was In her own life Watchin' and waiting Hopin' and praying For the one she loves To come back home Never forgetting The sacrifice made Of the ones Who came before She remembered these things Knockin' on her Mama's front door The conversation Of Mother and child Led to memories Of days gone by Like "How'd you make it Mama, all that time Without goin crazy Once in awhile?" She said, " You do What you can And you never give in Put a smile on your face And live! Watchin' and waiting Hopin' and praying For the one you love To come back home Never forgetting The sacrifice made Of the ones Who came before She remembered These things Walkin' out her Mama's front door Well here I am Now I understand Now I know What it's like to Welcome him home What it's like To let him go And I'll keep Watchin' and waiting Hopin' and praying For the one I love To come back home Never forgetting The sacrifice made Of the ones Who came before Watching and waiting Hoping and praying For the one I love To come back home Never forgetting The sacrifice made Of the ones Who came before Nineteen sixty- five Seventy-five, eighty-five Ooh times movin' on Nineteen ninety-five Two-thousand-five Two-thousand fifteen Twenty twenty-one Watchin' and waiting Hopin' and praying For the one I love To come back home Never forgetting The sacrifice made Of the ones Who came before Nineteen sixty-five Seventy-five, eighty-five Ooh time's movin' on Nineteen ninety-five Two-thousand five Two-thousand fifteen Twenty twenty-one Yeah, I'll be waiting Waiting with an Open door