Oh she knows
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
Mothers pride

Baby boy
His father's eyes
He's a soldier waiting for 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
And at the shore she waves her son goodbye
Like the man she did before


Mothers pride
Just a boy

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 woman say your daddy died a hero

In the name of god and man

Mothers pride

Crazy boy
His lifeless eyes
He's a soldier now forevermore

He'll hold a gun till kingdom come