Some Mother's Son

Two soldiers fighting in a trench
To meet their children coming home from school
While all the parents stand and wait

And then his friend calls out his name

Head blown up by some soldier's gun
Though all the children have gone away
Some mother's son ain't coming home today
And dreams of games he played when he was young
A second later he is dead
But all dead soldiers look the same
Some mother's son lies in a field
It stops his dream and as he turns his head
But still the world keeps turning

One soldier glances up to see the sun

Somewhere, someone is crying
As on the day he went away
Some mother's son lies in a field
Some mothers son ain't got no grave

While all the mothers stand and wait
Back home they put his picture in a frame
Some mother's son is lying dead
Someone is trying to be so brave
But in his mother's eyes he looks the same
They put his picture on the wall
They put flowers in the picture frame