I got to go back to the world   Back to my girl   Back to my family and kids   Have to go and see my home again   Don't want my life to end   Before my time is due   And the kids are big      Just got the postal package from my wife and kids   It brings me comfort while I'm stuck in this desert mess   But don't get me wrong, perform my mission   Just sounding off on my homesick condition   Got to get out, a short timer, my heart it begs for home      I got to go back to the world   Back to my girl   Back to my family and kids   Have to go and see my home again   Don't want my life to end   Before my time is due   And the kids are big      Seen many a firefight since we deployed out here   Learned how to survive with my friends   Their focus, adrenaline and fear   But the odds haunt me, hope I don't get hit   Be that body with a flag adorned to it   I'm gonna make it, the short timer, hellbent on going home      I got to go back to the world   Back to my girl   Back to my family and kids   Have to go and see my home again   Don't want my life to end   Before my time is due      I'm not a policy maker   Just a sworn-in order taker   Doing my best to stay alive   I'm gonna make it   To Conus real soon   Hope some days still lie ahead for me      I got to go back to the world   Back to my girl   Back to my family and kids   Have to go and see my home again   Don't want my life to end   Before my time is due   And the kids are big      I've gotta go back   Too short to turn back   Gotta go back   Back to the world again