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Oh she knows |
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She takes his hand |
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And prays the child will understand |
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At the door they watch the men go by |
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In the clothes that daddy wore |
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Mothers pride |
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Baby Boy |
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His father's eyes |
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He's a soldier waiting for war |
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Time will come |
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He'll hold a gun |
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His father's son |
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And as he grows |
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He hears the band |
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Takes the step from boy to man |
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And at the shore she waves her son goodbye |
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Like the man she did before |
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Mothers pride |
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Just a boy |
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His country's eyes |
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He's a soldier waving at the shore |
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And in her heart the time has come |
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To lose a son |
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And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone |
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They make no difference |
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No difference in the end |
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Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero |
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In the name of God and man |
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Mothers pride |
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Crazy boy |
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His lifeless eyes |
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He's a soldier now forevermore |
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He'll hold a gun till kingdom come |
