Circle On The Cross Lyrics - Keni Thomas

Circle on the Cross 

By: Keni Thomas 

(with Kenny Rogers) 

Daddy got the call sometime in the summer of 69 

Did his tour in the war 

But the home he was fighting for 

Wasnt what he left behind 

I was there that day when the telegram came 

And mamma fell to her knees 

He was a mighty good man but he fell into the hands 

Of the North Vietnamese 

For every man that gave his life 

Another folded stars and stripes 

Husbands, fathers, brothers, sons will never be forgotten 

When you find what once was lost 

Put a circle on the cross 

For two years mamma held on said Im trying to do the best I can 

But the Army wasnt paying 

And she had a boy to raise 

So she found herself another man 

I was there that day when the taps was played 

And they buried his name in the ground 

The preacher was still talking as mamma started walking 

And she aint never turned around 

Put a circle on the crossOn the cold black wall 

Put a circle on the cross60,000 gone 

I never knew my daddy 

But were the same man after all 

Cause it wasnt my reflection 

I saw staring back at me from that wall