Ok, so I was listening to the radio 2day

And then about 20 minutes later, I heard this song. I am a country fan, and it was "Almost Home" by Craig Morgan. Now for those of you who may not know the song, I am putting the lyrics below, but I wanted to tell you what happened to me when I heard it.

I was overcome. Not really by the song itself, but the idea behind it, how no matter how awful things are, we can inside ourselves, be somewhere else for a while and we can ease our own suffering, if only for a moment.

So, that being said, whenever I hear this song now, I dedicate it to our troops. I hope that, when things are horrible, and these young men are terrified or desperately lonely, or if they get held against their will and their fear is overcoming them, that they can have dreams like the one in the song and find a moments peace. Here are the lyrics to the song.

Almost Home: Craig Morgan.

Written by Craig Morgan and Kerry Curt Phillips.

(© Sony ATV Tree Publishing.)

© 2002 Broken Bow Records.

From forthcoming album "I Love It", © 2003, Broken Bow Records.

He had plastic bags wrapped 'round his shoes.

He was covered with the Evening News.

Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands.

The bank sign was flashing "5 below",

It was freezing rain an' spittin' snow;

He was curled up behind some garbage cans.

I was afraid that he was dead:

I gave him a gentle shake.

When he opened up his eyes,

I said: "Old man, are you ok?"

He said: "I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.

"I was runnin' from some honey bees.

"Drip dryin' in the summer breeze,

"After jumpin' into Calico Creek.

"I was walkin' down an old dirt road,

"Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.

"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,

"'Cause I was almost home."

Then he said: "I w's just comin' 'round the barn,

"'Bout the time he grabbed my arm,

"When I heard Momma holler: 'Son, hurry up.'

"I was close enough for my own nose,

"To smell fresh cobbler on the stove,

"When I saw Daddy loadin' up the truck.

"Cane poles on the tailgate,

"Bobbers blowin' in the wind.

"Since July of '55,

"That's as close as I've been.

"Yeah, I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.

"Well, I was runnin' from some honey bees.

"Drip dryin' in the summer breeze,

"After jumpin' into Calico Creek.

"An' I was walkin' down an old dirt road,

"Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.

"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,

"I was almost home."

I said: "Old man you're gonna freeze to death,

"Let me drive you to the mission."

He said: "Boy, if you left me alone,

"Right now, I'd be fishin'."

"I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.

"I was runnin' from some honey bees.

"An' drip dryin' in the summer breeze,

"After jumpin' in to Calico Creek.

"I was walkin' down an old dirt road,

"Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.

"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,

"'Cause I was almost home." (Almost home).

"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,

"I was almost home."