For some man who never missed her
No one's missin' till you need 'em
No one's listenin' when you need 'em
At a city full of strangers
Ever since he come and gone
With a baby on the way
And He's sadder than He's wiser
Ain't no fun to sing that song no more
And it's harder for a woman
Lookin' lonesome and afraid
In the silence at her door
Empty sleeve pinned to his shoulder
So she listens to the freedom
And the closing of a door
Just a simple song of freedom
He was never fightin' for
How he hated goin' home
He was drunk in San Antone
And some pills to ease the pain
And a cross He never made
Ain't no fun to sing that song no more
Just a broken song of freedom
Started drinkin' in El Paso
Got a song about a sister
Waitin' somewhere by the phone
That's the price of bein' human
And a longer way from home
No one's missin' till you need 'em
When you're poor enough to pay
Tellin' strangers who were sleepin'
And He wonders why His Father
Left Him bleeding and alone
Got a song about a Savior
