Soldier Song Lyrics

They're shipping me away Ma, my number is up

Your boy is now a soldier

Don't you cry Ma I'll see you soon

When the war is over

Don't leave me my son you're still just a boy

Even though you may feel older

For I fear you will not see the day

When this war is over

But would you not be proud of me?

If I earn myself a medal?

Perhaps you do not understand

For you always were so gentle

My son it is you who does not understand

For you will be no hero

Just a number to far off men

Who don't know good from evil

Oh hush now Ma I must be away

They ship us out come morning

And I could not leave you on these bad terms

So please hold back your warnings

Well if you insist that you cannot be stopped

Come kiss farewell to your mother

But remember I didn't give you life

So you could take another

Dear Ma, this battle, it ain't like they said

Oh the things I have seen

I lost my friend just the other day

He was only seventeen

My son, my son please come home to me

Don't lose yourself to this sorrow

With all these lives lost so meaninglessly

I would not want you to follow

My son, my son please write back to me

Just to let me know you're safe

I pray the reason you do not respond

Is because you've left that place

The seasons came and fell back away

The nights dragged on forever

They carved his name on a granite slab

When the war was over