(As days go by)       [[ chorus ]]   I'm missing you baby    Patiently waiting    For you    To hold you    To thrill you    To feel you    Tender kisses    Give you the love you've been missing    Boy I can't wait till you come back home    To have you all alone(As days go by)    I'm missing you baby    Patiently waiting    For you    To hold you    To thrill you    To feel you    Tender kisses    Give you the love you've been missing    Boy I can't wait till you come back home    To have you all alone       (As days go by)       Now I done came a long way    But ain't gone too far    And hope this love letter don't    Leave a big scar    So baby just hold on    Lil' momma just be strong    Cause no one knew the war    Would last us so long    The rockets the red glare    The bombs up in the air    I'm just doing my duty    But missin' it right there    So as days go by    I'm counting every minute    Wishing I was home    For sure with you in it    But the soldiers that    I'm runnin with    Are ready to blitz    This ain't no video    This is just as real as it gets    I made some lifelong friends    Holdin' down the front line    And girl I can't wait    To get back in your sunshine       (As days go by)       [[ Chorus ]]    I'm missing you baby    Patiently waiting    For you    To hold you    To thrill you    To feel you    Tender kisses    Give you the love you've been missing    Boy I can't wait til you come back home    To have you all alone(As Days go by)    I'm missing you baby    Patiently waiting    For you    To hold you    To thrill you    To feel you    Tender kisses    Give you the love you've been missing    Boy I can't wait till you come back home    To have you all alone       (As days go by)       Now as days go by    My time is spent reflecting    On all the lil' things    You said I was neglecting    They say you never know    What you have until it's gone    Didn't know back then    But I will from now on    When I try to channel out    All the fear and the stress    I picture me and you rollin'    Looking dressed to impress    And to know you'll be there    When I'm back from Iraq    And feel good to know    A real chica I have on my back    Give everybody huggs    And tell em' I really miss em '    And your boy be back    When I'm through with my mission    Give everybody huggs    And tell em' I really miss em'    And your boy be back    When I'm through with my mission       (As days go by)       [[ chorus ]]   I'm missing you baby    Patiently waiting (i'm missing you baby)   For you    To hold you    To thrill you    To feel you    Tender kisses (tender kisses)   Give you the love you've been missing    Boy I can't wait til you come back home    To have you all alone      (As days go by)       (I'm missing you baby) I'm missing you baby    Patiently waiting    For you    To hold you (to hold you )   To thrill you    To feel you    Tender kisses (tender kisses )   Give you the love you've been missing (give you the love you've been missing)   Boy I can't wait till you come back home (boy i can't wait till you come back home)   To have you all alone (to have you all alone)      As days go by    (As days go by)   One day we gon' get it together one day we gon' get it together    One day we gon' get it together one day we gon' get it together    (As days go by)    One day we gon' get it together one day we gon' get it together    One day we gon' get it together one day we gon' get it together    As days go by