A Soldier’s Song (It won’t be Long) Lyric critique

by Charlie
(Alabama)

A Soldier’s Song (It won’t be Long)

There’s a solider on some foreign ground
Who stops to put a package down?
Sent to him from his home town,
So far away

It’s full of snickers and clean white socks
Wrapped up in a cardboard box
Filled completely to the top
With letters

And each one reads,...
We wish that you were here,
we wish we didn’t need you over there.
We wish this world could one day learn
To get along.
We ask The Lord to keep you safe.
Mama‘s gonna save your place,
At the table,
for the day,
When you get home.
And most of all; we all hope
It won’t be long

So he leans his rifle on the bed
Takes his helmet off of his head
As he reads the words his girlfriend says
He smiles

All the Guys down at the corner store
Hate that you had to go to War
But we know what you’re fighting for
And we all thank you

and
We wish that you were here,
And not way over there.
We wish this world could one day learn ,
To get along.
We ask the Lord to keep you safe.
Mama‘s gonna save your place,
At the table,
for the day,
When you come home.
And my Love; we all hope
It won’t be long