She lays awake in a silent room
Holding his picture washed sliver by the moon
Oceans away he feels her sigh

So alone in the world tonight

Freedom needs a soldier

That nameless, faceless one
A young girl's lover, a baby's father
Some mother's son


Too young to know his daddy's gone
He hears him say, "His mother must be strong"

So he pretends like children do
He likes to stand in his daddy's shoes


Freedom needs a soldier
A nameless, faceless one
A young girl's lover, a baby's father

Some mother's son

Freedom needs a soldier

Until the battle's won
A young girl's lover, a baby's father
Some mother's son


She closes her eyes and sees him at three
In her mind that's the age he'll always be

And only God understands her love
Now she prays to the angels up above


Freedom needs a soldier
That nameless, faceless one
A young girl's lover, a baby's father

Some mother's son

Freedom needs a soldier

Until the battle's won
A young girl's lover, a baby's father
Some mother's son