When was the war I know, I know That's where my husband was called to go Didn't need no priest wasn't laid down below But he didn't come home the boy I used to know I watch him at night, he sleeps through his dreams Many of the nights tremors convene I don't hardly know who can be where he been Who's not pining away or languishing When was the war I know, I know Written on the page of a book to never close When was the war I know, I know Caught in this mud and moving so slow I know there ain't nobody in this whole wide world That can stay still so long and never get hurt I watch him so silent shake through his dreams Black hole sleep a violent stream When was the war I know, I know Sooner or later we all come to know When was the war I know, I know Sooner or later we all come to know When was the war I know, I know