It was two weeks after the day she turned 18    all dressed in white    going to the church that night    She had his box of letters in the passenger seat    A six pence in her shoe   Something borrowed, something blue   And when the church doors opened up wide    She put her veil down trying to hide the tears    Oh she just couldn't believe it    She heard the trumpets from the military band    And the flowers fell out of her hands       Baby why'd you leave me    Why'd you have to go    I was counting on forever    Now I'll never know    I can't even breathe    It's like I'm looking from a distance    Standing in the background    Everybody's saying he's not coming home now    This can't be happening to me    This is just a dream       The preacher man said "Let us bow our heads and pray"    "Lord please lift his soul and heal this hurt"    Then the congregation all stood up and sang    The saddest song that she ever heard    Then they handed her a folded up flag    And she held on to all she had left of him    oh and what could've been    Then the guns rang one last shot    And it felt like a bullet in her heart       Baby why'd you leave me    Why'd you have to go    I was counting on forever    Now I'll never know    I can't even breathe    It's like I'm looking from a distance    Standing in the background    Everybody's saying he's not coming home now    This can't be happening to me    This is just a dream       Baby why'd you leave me    Why'd you have to go    I was counting on forever    Now I'll never know    oh I'll never know    It's like I'm looking from a distance    Standing in the background    Everybody's saying he's not coming home now    This can't be happening to me    This is just a dream    Oh this is just a dream    Just a dream    Yeah    Yeah