Some Mother's Son Lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

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