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, mother's pride      Baby boy, his fathers 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   At the shore she waves her son goodbye   Like the man she did before, mother?s 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 name mother?s pride      Crazy boy, his lifeless eyes   He?s a soldier now forevermore   He?ll hold a gun ?til kingdom come