Friday, November 11, 2011
Remembrance Day
All she knows, is she takes his hand
And prays the child will understand
At the door
They watch the men go by, in the clothes that daddy wore
Mother's pride; baby boy
His father's eyes; he's a soldier waiting for a war
Time will come
He'll hold a gun; his father's son
And as he grows, he hears the band
Takes the step from boy to man
At the shore
She waves her son goodbye, like the man she did before
Mother's pride; just a boy
In his country's eyes, He's a soldier waving at the shore
And in her heart, the time has come
To lose a son
And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers, gone
They make no difference, no difference in the end
Still hear the women say, your daddy died a hero
In the name of God and man
Mother's pride; crazy boy
His lifeless eyes; He's a soldier now forever more
He'll hold a gun, 'til kingdom come
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