After the guns are silent   After your wounds have healed   After those crosses have been planted in all those fields   After that long boat ride   All the way across the sea   And after this train carries thee      Chorus:   I will love you after the war   I'll love you for always, forever more   I will love you after the war   Forever, for always, and more      After your boots dry   And the tobacco's all but gone   Along with all those postcards you've carried under your arm   After I remember all the words I couldn't say   And after this long night fades away      I will love you after the war   I'll love you for always, forever more   I will love you after the war   Forever, for always, and more      After this blackbird   Lifts up from off your chest   After your soul takes its final rest   My love, I forgive you; you never planned to die   And Love, I'll place two pennies over your eyes      I will love you after the war   I'll love you for always, forever more   I will love you after the war   Forever, for always, and more