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