A soldier asked for a cigarette, his smiling face I can't forget
To see what I could see
He looked at me like I was the one who should run
I wrote this letter to tell you the way I feel
I wish you were here
But I couldn't sleep after what I saw
Waited awhile to see if we could make him laugh
And I wish you were here
He looked like me across the street, but that's a long way here
I watched as he watched us get back on the bus
And I wish you were here
Stranger, a stranger in a strange land
The way it was when he was with us
I wish you were here
I watched the way it was
We asked him to smile for a photograph
And I really don't mind sleeping on the floor