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